Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago

There was a short article in today's Chicago Tribune about a wonderful place for books in Chicago called the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.

I've been in the place a few times, but a long time ago back when I used to visit the city before it got too expensive. I think it used to be on Chestnut Street on the North Side, but now the address reads 357 W. Chicago Avenue. The web side is www.alincolnbookshop.com, but I wasn't able to get it to come up.

Book Places "Abraham Lincoln Book Shop" by Robert Duffer.

Along with all the books primarily centered on Lincoln, US presidents and the Civil War, you can see a Norman Rockwell print of "a hunky Lincoln holding an ax in one hand and a book in another."

There is a Salvador Dali print next to Lincoln cigars and never-minted pennies. Of special interest is a bed from the Lincoln home in Springfield makes it feel like a museum in a book store. There are rifles, swords, charcoal drawings along with letters from soldiers and even one from Stonewall Jackson in the field.

The store was started by Ralph G. Newman who also started The Civil War Round Table of Chicago in 1940, the very first of some 200 round tables throughout the United States and the world.

Definitely a Place to Visit When in Chicago (But, Beware the 10% sales Tax). --Old B-Runner