what books did lincoln write?
Gems from Abraham Lincoln The Writings of Abraham Lincoln Life and Public Services The Autobiography and Selected Writings of Abraham Lincoln Anecdotes Of Abraham Lincoln And Lincoln's Stories The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases Letters And Addresses of Abraham Lincoln Selections From the Works of Abraham Lincoln Poems of Abraham Lincoln Complete Works Of Abraham Lincoln V10
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 Hay began his part of the writing in 1876 ; the work was interrupted by illnesses of Hay , Nicolay , or family members , or by Hay 's writing of The Bread @-@ Winners . By 1885 , Hay had completed the chapters on Lincoln 's early life , and they were submitted to Robert Lincoln for approval . Sale of the serialization rights to The Century magazine , edited by Hay 's friend Richard Gilder , helped give the pair the impetus to bring what had become a massive project to an end . 

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 The published work , Abraham Lincoln : A History , alternates parts in which Lincoln is at center with discussions of contextual matters , such as legislative events or battles . The first serial installment , published in November 1886 , received positive reviews . When the ten @-@ volume set emerged in 1890 , it was not sold in bookstores , but instead door @-@ to @-@ door , then a common practice . Despite a price of $ 50 , and the fact that a good part of the work had been serialized , five thousand copies were quickly sold . The books helped forge the modern view of Lincoln as great war leader , against competing narratives that gave more credit to subordinates such as Seward . According to historian Joshua Zeitz , " it is easy to forget how widely underrated Lincoln the president and Lincoln the man were at the time of his death and how successful Hay and Nicolay were in elevating his place in the nation 's collective historical memory . " 

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 To restore his family 's income , Grant wrote several articles on his Civil War campaigns for The Century Magazine at $ 500 each . The articles were well received by critics , and the editor , Robert Underwood Johnson , suggested that Grant write a book of memoirs , as Sherman and others had done . Grant 's articles would serve as the basis for several chapters . 

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 Lincoln 's first romantic interest was Ann Rutledge , whom he met when he first moved to New Salem ; by 1835 , they were in a relationship but not formally engaged . She died at the age of 22 on August 25 , 1835 , most likely of typhoid fever . In the early 1830s , he met Mary Owens from Kentucky when she was visiting her sister . 

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 In August 1863 , Greeley was requested by a firm of Hartford publishers to write a history of the war . Greeley agreed , and over the next eight months penned a 600 @-@ page volume , which would be the first of two , entitled The American Conflict . The books were very successful , selling a total of 225 @,@ 000 copies by 1870 , a large sale for the time . 
