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  • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

    • ASIN: 0743270754
    • ISBN: 0743270754
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    Winner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates... [Read More]

  • A. Lincoln: A Biography

    • ASIN: 0812975707
    • ISBN: 9780812975703
    • Brand: Random House Trade
    • Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

    “If you read one book about Lincoln, make it A. Lincoln.”—USA TodayNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARDEveryone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. L... [Read More]

  • Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography

    • ASIN: 0195151003
    • ISBN: 0195151003
    • Brand: Oxford University Press USA
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

    In Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, historian William Gienapp provides a remarkably concise, up-to-date, and vibrant biography of the most revered figure in United States history. While the heart of the book focuses on the Civil War, Gienapp begins with a finely etched portrait of Lincoln's early life, from pioneer farm boy to politician and ... [Read More]

  • Abraham Lincoln: A Life (Volume 2)

    • ASIN: 1421410583
    • ISBN: 9781421410586
    • Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

    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 rema... [Read More]

  • Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years

    • ASIN: 0156027526
    • ISBN: 0156027526
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    Originally published in six volumes, Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln was called “the greatest historical biography of our generation.” Sandburg distilled this work into one volume that became the definitive life of Lincoln. Index; photographs.

  • Abraham Lincoln (The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865)

    • ASIN: 0805083456
    • ISBN: 9780805083453
    • Brand: Times Books
    • Manufacturer: Times Books

    America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil WarAbraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president―the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on whic... [Read More]

  • Abraham Lincoln

    • ASIN: 0195374525
    • ISBN: 0195374525
    • Brand: Oxford University Press USA
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

  • Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

    • ASIN: 0448448866
    • ISBN: 0448448866
    • Brand: Grosset Dunlap
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

    Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford’s Theater—the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 b... [Read More]

  • With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln

    • ASIN: 0060924713
    • ISBN: 0060924713
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

  • Lincoln

    • ASIN: 068482535X
    • ISBN: 068482535X
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

    A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham 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 ... [Read More]

  • The Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Rethinking the Western Tradition)

    • ASIN: 030018123X
    • ISBN: 030018123X
    • Brand: Yale University Press
    • Manufacturer: Yale University Press

    Abraham Lincoln never wrote a book: his ideas are contained in speeches, letters, and various occasional writings. By bringing these works together into a single anthology, this book shows that Lincoln deserves to be counted among the great political philosophers. In addition to many examples of Lincoln’s writings, this volume includes four inter... [Read More]

  • The Portable Abraham Lincoln (Penguin Classics)

    • ASIN: 0143105647
    • ISBN: 0143105647
    • Brand: Lincoln, Abraham/ Delbanco, Andrew (EDT)
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

    Celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth with this new edition of his greatest speeches and writings Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that has all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric. Lincoln's writings are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonan... [Read More]

  • Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths

    • ASIN: 0060924721
    • ISBN: 9780060924720
    • Brand: Oates, Stephen B.
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

    An essential book for any student of Lincoln and American history, Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths is acclaimed Lincoln biographer Stephen B. Oates's unique exploration of America's sixteenth president in reality and memory. In this multifaceted portrait, Oates, "the most popular historical interpreter of Lincoln" (Gabor S. Boritt, New Y... [Read More]

  • Lincoln : Speeches and Writings : 1859-1865 (Library of America)

    • ASIN: 0940450631
    • ISBN: 0940450631
    • Brand: The Library of America
    • Manufacturer: Library of America

    Abraham Lincoln was the greatest writer of the Civil War as well as its greatest political leader. His clear, beautiful, and at times uncompromisingly severe language forever shaped the nation’s understanding of its most terrible conflict. This volume, along with its companion, Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832–1858, comprises the ... [Read More]

  • Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches

    • ASIN: 158182677X
    • ISBN: 9781581826777
    • Brand: Lincoln, Abraham/ Leidner, Gordon (EDT)
    • Manufacturer: Cumberland House

    More than 140 years since his death, the enduring legacy of a great president, an American success story, and the celebrated leader of the Civil War continues. Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches captures the essence of the sixteenth president. In addition to Lincoln's own words, Gordon Leidner includes insights into the man by those who k... [Read More]

  • Under Lincoln's Hat: 100 Objects That Tell the Story of His Life and Legacy

    • ASIN: 1493024663
    • ISBN: 1493024663
    • Brand: Lyons Press
    • Manufacturer: Lyons Press

    What is the oldest artifact linked to Abraham Lincoln? What does a poem written when he was just a schoolboy say about his character? Taking its cue from The History of the World in 100 Objects, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum have selected 100 items from their extensive and rare collection that will give readers an intimate gli... [Read More]

  • Abraham Lincoln: Great Speeches (Dover Thrift Editions)

    • UPC: 800759268726
    • ASIN: 0486268721
    • ISBN: 9780486268729
    • Brand: Dover Publications Inc.
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    For someone who claimed he had been educated by "littles" — a little now and a little then — Abraham Lincoln displayed a remarkable facility in his use of the written word. The simple yet memorable eloquence of his speeches, proclamations and personal correspondence is recorded here in a representative collection of 16 documents.This volume con... [Read More]

  • Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865

    • ASIN: B004UJV3VC

  • The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln

    • ASIN: 3869309172
    • ISBN: 3869309172
    • Brand: Harold Holzer Peter W Kunhardt
    • Manufacturer: Steidl

    First published in 1911, The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln was privately printed by Frederick Hill Meserve, the preeminent historian of the photographs of Abraham Lincoln. It was a groundbreaking look at the then-known photographs of the sixteenth president of the United States, who was the first president to be photographed while in office. In th... [Read More]

  • Abraham Lincoln

    • ASIN: B00BPSHP72
    • Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

    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 rema... [Read More]

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