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Lincoln

By David Herbert Donald

Book information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
1996
ISBN
068482535X, 9780684825359
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10658401 bytes)
Pages
720\0
Time added
2013-11-09 14:39:05

Description

David Herbert Donald's Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever- expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln's character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union -- in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen.

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