My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
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Of the sixteen presidents whose biographies I&#;ve read so far, none have offered the variety of choices of Abraham Lincoln. Of the dozen Lincoln biographies I read, two were Pulitzer Prize winners, one is the second best-read presidential biography of all time, and six held the distinction of being the definitive Lincoln biography at one time or another.
No president before Lincoln required as much of my time, either &#; it took me over 3½ months to read all twelve biographies. Together, they contained nearly 9, pages &#; almost twice as many as the president with the second-tallest stack of biographies in my collection (Thomas Jefferson with about 5, pages).
Given this enormous time commitment, it&#;s fortunate Lincoln was both a fascinating individual and a masterful politician. His life story is as interesting as anyone&#;s (president or otherwise), and he proved far more impressive than most of the first fifteen presidents.
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* The first Lincoln biography I read was Michael Burlingame&#;s masterful two-volume “Abraham Lincoln: A Life” published in This 1, page jewel is actually the condensed ver
Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume 1
Now in paperback, this award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of Lincoln.
Named One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by Chicago TribuneNamed One of the 5 Best Books of by The AtlanticWinner, PROSE Award for Best Book in U.S. History and Biography/Autobiography, Association of American PublishersWinner, Lincoln Prize from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America’s greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce our current understanding of America’s sixteenth president.
Volume 1 covers Lincoln’s early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the s. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln’s life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail
Abraham Lincoln: A Life
Hailed as the definitive portrait of the sixteenth president, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame's impressive two-volume biography has been masterfully abridged and revised.
Sixteenth president of the United States, the Great Emancipator, and a surpassingly eloquent champion of national unity, freedom, and democracy, Abraham Lincoln is arguably the most studied and admired of all Americans. Michael Burlingame's astonishing Abraham Lincoln: A Life, edited and abridged by Jonathan W. White, offers fresh interpretations of this endlessly fascinating American leader.
Based on deep research in unpublished sources as well as newly digitized sources, this work reveals how Lincoln's character and personality were the North's secret weapon in the Civil War, the key variables that spelled the difference between victory and defeat. He was a model of psychological maturity and a fully individuated man whose influence remains unrivaled in the history of American public life.
Burlingame chronicles Lincoln's childhood and early development, romantic attachments and losses, his love of learning, legal training, and courtroom career as well as his politic
Abraham Lincoln
Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln was the 16thpresident of the United States, serving from to , and is regarded as one of America’s greatest heroes due to his roles in guiding the Union through the Civil War and working to emancipate enslaved people. His eloquent support of democracy and insistence that the Union was worth saving embody the ideals of self-government that all nations strive to achieve. In , he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves across the Confederacy. Lincoln’s rise from humble beginnings to achieving the highest office in the land is a remarkable story, and his death is equally notably. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in , at age 56, as the country was slowly beginning to reunify following the war. Lincoln’s distinctively humane personality and incredible impact on the nation have endowed him with an enduring legacy.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Abraham Lincoln
BORN: February 12,
DIED: April 15,
BIRTHPLACE: Hodgenville, Kentucky
SPOUSE: Mary Todd Lincoln (m. )
CHILDREN: Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, and Thomas “Tad” Lincoln
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius
HEIGHT: 6 fe
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