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We wonder that so great a man as Abraham Lincoln should spring from humble people — but who knows what his more distant ancestry might have been? In a series of dramatic chapters, Mr.
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Grave, epic, plot-driven and earnest.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- John Buchan
- First published
- 1921
- Pages
- 287
- Publisher
- IndyPublish.com, Houghton Mifflin, House of Stratus
- Editions
- 161
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9781400130016
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“The three of us in that winter camp in the Selkirks were talking the slow aimless talk of wearied men.”
A Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan>Wikipedia</a>).
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