Rufus Rockwell Wilson, What Lincoln Read, Ltd Ed.

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Rufus Rockwell Wilson wrote What Lincoln Read after spending a large part of his life pondering the question of how reading helped Abraham Lincoln develop intellectually and spiritually.

William Herndon was said to have quipped that Lincoln “read less and thought more than any other man of his generation.” Lincoln, of course, had few options for reading material as a boy and a youth. He made up for that deficiency by getting the most out of everything he could read.

Wilson focuses on this aspect of deep-thinking in analyzing the books Lincoln read and how they influenced him.

Published in limited edition with original frontispiece by artist Douglas Volk.

Light toning; light wear of the extremities; else very good.

Wilson, Rufus Rockwell. WHAT LINCOLN READ. Washington, D.C.: 1932. Limited edition, #129/250, ft., top edge gilt, (Monaghan-3362).