Abraham LincolnThis self-made man from a log cabin-the great orator, the Emancipator, the savior of the Union, the martyr-was arguably our greatest president; but it takes a master storyteller like Thomas Keneally, author of the award-winning novel that inspired the film "Schindler's List," to bring alive the history behind the myth. Acclaimed for his recent Civil War biography, "American Scoundrel," Keneally delves with relish-and a keen, fresh eye-into Lincoln's complicated persona. "Abraham Lincoln" depicts all the amazing man's triumphs, insecurities, and crushing defeats with uncanny insight: his early poverty and the ambition that propelled him out of it; the shaping of the man and his political philosophy by youthful exposure to Christianity, slavery, and business; his tempestuous marriage and his fatherly love. We see him, elected to the presidency by a twist of fate, unswerving in the grim day-to-day conduct of the war as his vision and acumen led the country forward. "Abraham Lincoln" is an incisive study of a turning point in our history and a revealing portrait of its pivotal figure, his greatness etched even more clearly in this very touching human story. |
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... Southern advocates of slavery were no better or worse than Northerners - slavery was upheld by the motives of self inherent in the Southern system , and thus Southern interests tried to expand its reign to new territories . The North's ...
... Southern advocates of slavery were no better or worse than Northerners - slavery was upheld by the motives of self inherent in the Southern system , and thus Southern interests tried to expand its reign to new territories . The North's ...
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... Southern Democrat can- didate Breckinridge , and the residual Whig - Know - Nothing candidate , John Bell . In the meantime Southern Democrats and their Northern friends , in editorials and public meetings , declared that if Lin- coln ...
... Southern Democrat can- didate Breckinridge , and the residual Whig - Know - Nothing candidate , John Bell . In the meantime Southern Democrats and their Northern friends , in editorials and public meetings , declared that if Lin- coln ...
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... Southern states to become an embattled slave union cut off from the North . Many of the slaveholding states seemed to realize this , for as the Lincoln family leased out their house and packed up to leave Springfield , although many ...
... Southern states to become an embattled slave union cut off from the North . Many of the slaveholding states seemed to realize this , for as the Lincoln family leased out their house and packed up to leave Springfield , although many ...
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