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Lincoln: Ambition and Early Career
From Episode number 804, Coke Museum, Chinese Art Collecting, Lincoln: Ambition and Early Career,
air date Thursday, April 16, 2009
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As part of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial in 2009 and in connection with WILL-TV’s documentary Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency, we’ve created a series of segments exploring how Lincoln’s years workings as a traveling lawyer in central Illinois helped make him one of our nation’s greatest presidents. In tonight’s segment, we look at Lincoln’s early ambitions and explore his life and career in Illinois before he became a traveling lawyer.
Segment duration: 5:41
Producer: Steve Drake and Alison Davis Wood
Editor: Steve Drake and Tristan Riddell
This segment is filed in these categories: History • Illinois Culture/History
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