Bob’s Biographies

Bob’s Biographies of Lincoln

     Bob has compiled from various sources 11 biographies of our 16th president in 21 volumes on one CD.
     All biographies are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader 5 or later to read and access these volumes. There are two types of PDF files included: searchable and page captures. The first allows you to search the document for specific words or phrases (all within the PDF file). The second only contains “pictures” of each page of the book (usually mechanically scanned) of varying quality. If the original page, that was scanned, was printed in 1800 there are over 200 years of aging shown on the capture. Bob has tried to exclude any volume that were unreadable.
     Bob has added bookmarks to all PDF volumes for easier navigation than originally provided by either Google Books or Internet Archive.
     This CD contains:

  • 1860: The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, etc. by Bartlett. New-York. Derby & Jackson, Publishers. (Searchable pdf & Page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation

  • 1860: Life of Abraham Lincoln (of Illinois)…also A Sketch of the Life of Hannibal Hamlin (of Maine) by J. H. Barrett. Cincinnati. Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co. (page captures from Google Books with added navigation)

  • 1860: The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine by Richard Josiah Hinton. Boston. Thayer & Eldridge. (Searchable pdf & page capture pdf from Google Books with added navigation(

  • 1860: Lives and Speeches: Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin by W. D. Howells. Columbus: Follett, Foster & Co. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1864: Life of Abraham Lincoln by Joseph H. Barrett. Cincinnati. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Boston. B. B. Russell. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1864: History of the Administration of President Lincoln by Henry J. Raymond. New York. J. C. Derby & N. C. Miller.

  • 1865: The life and death of Abraham Lincoln by Rev. Phillips Brooks. April 23, 1865, Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. H. B. Ashmead, printer (Searchable pdf)

  • 1865: Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services by Mrs. P. A. Hanaford. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1865: Sermons Preached in Boston  on the Death of Abraham Lincoln. Boston. J. E. Tilton. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1867: The pioneer boy, and how he became President, The story of the life of Abraham Lincoln by William Makepeace Thayer. Boston. H. B. Fuller and Company. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1890: Lincoln, A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay. New York. The Century Co. (page captures from Google Books with added navigation) Volumes I to X.

     To purchase a copy of Bob’s Biographies of Lincoln, please send a check or money order payable to Robert Frone for $50.00 ($45 for the CD & $5.00 for shipping and handling to

Bob’s Universe
P.O. Box 2544
Edison, NJ 08818-2544

     The CD will be sent out upon receipt of your payment.

Last updated January 01, 2008