Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Presidents > United States > Biography. |
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Biographies. |
- ISBN: 0670031755
- Physical Description 183 pages.
- Publisher New York : Viking Penguin, 2003.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Penguin life." "A Lipper/Viking book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-183). |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 30.00 |
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Lincoln
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Summary
Lincoln
This self-made man from a log cabin-the great orator, the Emancipator, the savior of the Union, the martyr-was arguably our greatest president; but it takes a master storyteller like Thomas Keneally, author of the award-winning novel that inspired the film Schindler's List, to bring alive the history behind the myth. Acclaimed for his recent Civil War biography, American Scoundrel, Keneally delves with relish-and a keen, fresh eye-into Lincoln's complicated persona. Abraham Lincolndepicts all the amazing man's triumphs, insecurities, and crushing defeats with uncanny insight: his early poverty and the ambition that propelled him out of it; the shaping of the man and his political philosophy by youthful exposure to Christianity, slavery, and business; his tempestuous marriage and his fatherly love. We see him, elected to the presidency by a twist of fate, unswerving in the grim day-to-day conduct of the war as his vision and acumen led the country forward. Abraham Lincolnis an incisive study of a turning point in our history and a revealing portrait of its pivotal figure, his greatness etched even more clearly in this very touching human story.