Word: frontiersman
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Irving Bacheller's novel breaks off where Mr. Drinkwater's play commences. The poet has given us Lincoln the statesman, Lincoln the emancipator, Lincoln the man; the novelist presents Lincoln the youth, the frontiersman, the lover. Nothing could be more fitting. In no other way could our pioneer days with their brave spirit of young adventure be better portrayed than through the magic of Romance. And in no way more impressively than by the solemn procession of Tragedy could the dramatic rise and terrible climax of Abraham Lincoln's life be set forth...