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Founders' son : a life of Abraham Lincoln
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- Summary
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Argues that the sixteenth president of the United States was inspired by the Founding Fathers of the nation and struggled to carry on their work throughout his career.
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- Creator
- Richard Brookhiser
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Basic Books, [2014]
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- xi, 347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780465056866, 046503294X, 1322350094, 9781494508791, 0465056865, 1494508796, 9780465032945
- OCLC
- ocn890980958, ocn870986744
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index.
- Introduction: two old men, one young man -- 1809-1830: youth -- George Washington and liberty -- 1830-1840: manhood -- Thomas Paine, laughter, and reason -- 1840-1852: maturity -- Henry Clay and the Fourth of July -- 1854: the repeal of the Missouri Compromise -- 1855-1858: running for senate -- 1859-1860: running for president -- Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. The towering genius (I) -- The election of 1860. The towering genius (II) -- 1861-1863: war, emancipation -- Preamble to the Constitution -- 1864-1865: war, death -- God the father -- 1865: victory. The towering genius (III) -- Epilogue: One old man