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Abraham Lincoln : a biography
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Long considered a classic, Benjamin P. Thomas's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography takes an incisive look at one of American history's greatest figures. Originally published in 1952 to wide acclaim, this...
Long considered a classic, Benjamin P. Thomas's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography takes an incisive look at one of American history's greatest figures. Originally published in 1952 to wide acclaim, this eloquent account rises above previously romanticized depictions of the sixteenth president to reveal the real Lincoln: a complex, shrewd, and dynamic individual whose exceptional life has long intrigued the public. Thomas traces the president from his hardscrabble beginnings and early political career, through his years as an Illinois lawyer and his presidency during the Civil War. Although Lincol.
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- Creator
- by Benjamin P. Thomas
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st paperback ed
- New York : Knopf, [1973]
- ©1952
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (548, xii pages) : maps
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780809386925, 0809386925, 0394318447, 9780809328871
- OCLC
- ocn835765310
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-548) and index.
- English.
- ""Cover""; ""Book Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. ""The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor""""; ""2. Young Man on His Own""; ""3. Frontier Legislator""; ""4. Courtship and Marriage""; ""5. Lawyer-Politician""; ""6. The Gentleman from Illinois""; ""7. Echoes of National Conflict""; ""8. Lincoln Re-enters Politics""; ""9. A Political Plunge""; ""10. Defeated for the Senate""; ""11. The Making of a President""; ""12. Peace or a Sword""; ""13. A War for Democracy""; ""14. Shadows on the White House""
- ""15. McClellan in Command""""16. ""The Occasion is Piled High with Difficulty""""; ""17. The Signs Look Better""; ""18. ""There Are No Lincoln Men""""; ""19. Profile of a President""; ""20. To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds""; ""Index""; ""Author Bio""; ""Back Cover""