Add this copy of In Re Lucey Hanks to cart. $475.00, very good condition, Sold by Conover Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Martinsville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by By the Author.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, no dj, some light outer page edge soil, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, lightly shelf worn, endpapers are foxing, overall a clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front board. Deckle page edges. 70 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print! "I have been interested in the parentage of Abraham Lincoln for many years. When I was a very small child, I heard the story of the death of Nancy Hanks Lincoln and her farewell talk to her children, Sarah and Abe. The scene made an indelible impression on my mind and Nancy became my first heroine. My mother was born in Mackville, Washington County, Kentucky, and her father, John Barker was born near Perryville, Boyle County, formerly Mercer County. John Barker fought with John Hunt Morgan while his brother fought with the Union Army. Realizing that my ancestors on my mother's side lived in close proximity to the Lincolns, Hanks, Sparrows, Mitchells, Thompsons, and Berrys stimulated my interest in those pioneer people and my desire to remove the stigma attached to Lucey Hanks. In addition my great uncle, James B. Bradwell, was a prominent Chicago lawyer who served as counsel for Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. Myra Bradwell, his wife, was a leader in the fight to have Mary Lincoln released from the sanitarium at Batavia and restored to reason."----from the Preface.
