FATHER ABRAHAM
Tarbell, Ida M[inerva].
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909. First edition. 16mo, 39pp; dark green wove cloth stamped in white with title, author and profile of Abraham Lincoln within a rondel. Illustrated with color frontispiece and four black-and-white illustrations by Blendom Campbell. Small bookseller’s ticket rear pastedown. Ida Tarbell, best known for her groundbreaking two-volume study on the Standard Oil Company, published a series of articles on Abraham Lincoln which were collected in 1900 as THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. It was a series which considerably enhanced McClure's circulation and Tarbell's reputation. Fascinated by her subject, Tarbell went on the write seven more books on the martyred president, including several for younger readers, such as this one. She took her title for this little book from the Civil War song "Father Abraham" and her focus is on Lincoln's concern for the common man and for the common soldier who fought the war. NAW III, p.428-429. (Item ID: 10468)
$75.00
