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Author
Publisher
Time Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Out of large and small facts of Abraham Lincoln's life grew a man who it is difficult to gall a genius, and even more difficult to call anything less; a man who is beyond question a hero, and yet is so unheroic in appearance that he looks downright uneasy in stone. Chapters: Introduction, Youth, Illinois Lawyer, National Stage, Civil War.
Series
History in a box volume 2
Publisher
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A collection of materials in varied media and formats about the life of Abraham Lincoln and his accomplishments as politician and president. Includes a resource book with short narrative summaries by historians and extensive background materials (also on CD-ROM), eleven posters of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglas, and others, including a poster sized timeline of all the major dates and events, eight placards depicting historic figures and images,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Abraham Lincoln was president when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions inextricably bound up with money, power, race, identity, and faith. He was hated and hailed, excoriated and revered. In Lincoln we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations. At once familiar...
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