New lincoln biography
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Abraham Lincoln
Hailed as the definitive portrait of the sixteenth president, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame's impressive two-volume biography has been masterfully abridged and revised.
Sixteenth president of the United States, the Great Emancipator, and a surpassingly eloquent champion of national unity, freedom, and democracy, Abraham Lincoln is arguably the most studied and admired of all Americans. Michael Burlingame's astonishing Abraham Lincoln: A Life, edited and abridged by Jonathan W. White, offers fresh interpretations of this endlessly fascinating American leader.
Based on deep research in unpublished sources as well as newly digitized sources, this work reveals how Lincoln's character and personality were the North's secret weapon in the Civil War, the key variables that spelled the difference between victory and defeat. He was a model of psychological maturity and a fully individuated man whose influence remains unrivaled in the history of American public l
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's Flood of Lincoln Books
By Edward Epstein
Washington, D.C.
Monday, December 5,
, like years stretching back decades, has brought a gusher of notable books about Abraham Lincoln, the most written-about person in American history.
The volumes, from longtime best-selling authors and others whose work is just as good but haven't gotten the same attention, should appeal to newcomers to the Lincoln canon or to longtime students and scholars of Lincoln's life, philosophy and meaning for today. All the works show why, year in and year out, Lincoln's ever-appealing story and personality, are a sure-fire bet for publishers and authors.
The book leading the publicity parade is Jon Meacham's "And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle." Meacham is a familiar figure on television talk shows, always insightful and offering perspective on the often-unsettling news of the day. A Meacham book is a sure blockbuster, s
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The HISTORY Channel&#;s three-night documentary event &#;Abraham Lincoln&#; will be a definitive biography of the 16th president, the man who led the country during its bloodiest war and greatest crisis. Executive produced by world-renowned presidential historian and pris Prize®-winning bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, &#;Abraham Lincoln&#; is based upon Kearns Goodwin&#;s New York Times bestseller, &#;Leadership: In Turbulent Times.&#;
From the impoverished childhood of Lincoln (played bygd Emmy-nominated actor Graham Sibley) to his days as a ung prairie lawyer and budding politician, through his unlikely election to the presidency and his assassination only five days after the end of the Civil War, &#;Abraham Lincoln&#; offers viewers new and surprising insights into the man consistently ranked by historians and the American people as the country&#;s greatest president. Viewers will learn of the lesser-known aspects of Lincoln&#;s life and leadership through prem