A reading of an 1890 Account of the Lincoln-Shields Duel
In 1890, John George Nicolay and John Hay— President Abraham Lincoln’s secretaries, published the ten-volume biography: Abraham Lincoln: A History, which you can see on Archive.org here. You can hear a Librivox reading of the chapter related to the Lincoln-Shields duel and the two other challenges it sparked here. Be aware that this reading is 18-minutes long…. Read more »
