previous owner's name and date on page before back end paper . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Red orange boards and spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full letter line I H G F E D C B A . 204 pages. Library of American Biography. A compassionate account of Lincoln's life focuses on his struggle for intellectual development, his early years as a lawyer and his election to Congress, and the successes and sorrows of his later years.