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A. Lincoln : a biography
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Lincoln scholar Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity--what today's commentators would call "authenticity"--whose moral compass holds the key to understan...
Lincoln scholar Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity--what today's commentators would call "authenticity"--whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous research of the newly completed Lincoln Legal Papers, as well as of recently discovered letters and photographs, White provides a portrait of Lincoln's personal, political, and moral evolution. White shows us Lincoln as a man who would leave a trail of thoughts in his wake, jotting ideas on scraps of paper; a country lawyer who asked questions in order to figure out his own thinking on an issue; a president embarked on a religious odyssey; a man of intellectual curiosity, comfortable with ambiguity, unafraid to "think anew and act anew."--From publisher description.
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- Creator
- Ronald C. White, Jr
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- English
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- First edition
- New York : Random House, [2009]
- ©2009
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- xvii, 796 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781400064991, 1400064996
- OCLC
- ocn229028071
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [681]-764) and index.
- A. Lincoln and the promise of America -- Undistinguished families 1809-16 -- Persistent in learning 1816-30 -- Rendering myself worthy of their esteem 1831-34 -- The whole people of Sangamon 1834-37 -- Without contemplating consequences 1837-42 -- A matter of profound wonder 1831-42 -- The truth is, I would like to go very much 1843-46 -- My best impression of the truth 1847-49 -- As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity 1849-52 -- Let no one be deceived 1852-56 -- A house divided 1856-58 -- The eternal struggle between these two principles 1858 -- The taste is in my mouth, a little 1858-60 -- Justice and fairness to all May 1860-November 1860 -- An humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty November 1860-February 1861 -- We must not be enemies February 1861-April 1861 -- A people's contest April 1861-July 1861 -- The bottom is out of the tub July 1861-January 1862 -- We are coming, father Abraham January 1862-July 1862 -- We must think anew July 1862-December 1862 -- What will the country say? January 1863-May 1863 -- You say you will not fight to free Negroes May 1863-September 1863 -- A new birth of freedom September 1863-March 1864 -- The will of God prevails March 1864-November 1864 -- With malice toward none, with charity for all December 1864-April 1865