1860 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Political Debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. First Edition. ZZSlaveryandSuffrage PA [dated 1852 by the

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is widely recognized as the first woman in America to make a living as a writer

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1860 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Political Debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. First Edition. ZZSlaveryandSuffrage PA [dated 1852 by theBiographers of Lincoln note that he was personally involved with this publication and had to this time never given such diligent attention to anything he had ever written or published. The stakes could not have been higher. This landmark, nearly verbatim record of his debates with Douglas needed to be crisp and nuanced. Unsurprisingly, the book was an immediate sensation and remains today the most widely read Presidential candidate debate in history.