Lincoln and Douglas (Jan Jacobi - YA) nature War is declared and they’re

War is declared and they’re in the

Hanna provides excellent context on the politics of the era

it threatens to tear their love apart

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Lincoln and Douglas (Jan Jacobi - YA) nature War is declared and they’reby Jan Jacobi Abraham Lincoln saw himself as the tortoise in a hopeless race against Stephen Douglas, the charismatic hare. Lincoln was perpetually in Douglass shadow. Theyd been friends and colleagues since they first met in the Illinois legislature in 1835. Douglas became the boy wonder of American politics while Lincoln failed in his one term in the House of Representatives. In 1849, believing his political career to be over, Lincoln returned to