Abraham And Mary Lincoln, A House Divided: America

Ambition

Season 1, Episode 1 of 6

This episode tells the story of the Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's childhoods - his in a remote backwoods log cabin, hers in a wealthy Kentucky home - and describes their courtship. Mary sets her heart on the raw, socially awkward Lincoln, saying later: "He'll be President of the United States one day. If I had not thought so I never would have married him."

Previously Aired

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Time
Channel
6/20/2011
10 p.m.
6/21/2011
3 a.m.
6/26/2011
1 p.m.
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