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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois,
play by Robert Sherwood, produced in 1938 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize. It was published in 1939 with an extensive commentary by the author on its “Substance” and composition.

The 12 scenes of the play carry the hero from his young manhood as an unsuccessful storekeeper at New Salem, through the years of his marriage and legal career, to his election to the presidency and departure for Washington.

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