Title:
Founders' son : a life of Abraham Lincoln
Author:
Brookhiser, Richard.
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Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, [2014]
Physical Description:
xi, 347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
1809-1830: youth -- George Washington and liberty -- 1830-1840: manhood -- Thomas Paine, laughter, and reason -- 1840-1852: maturity -- Henry Clay and the Fourth of July -- 1854: the repeal of the Missouri Compromise -- 1855-1858: running for senate -- 1859-1860: running for president -- Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. The towering genius (I) -- The election of 1860. The towering genius (II) -- 1861-1863: war, emancipation -- Preamble to the Constitution -- 1864-1865: war, death -- God the father -- 1865: victory. The towering genius (III) -- Epilogue: One old man.
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ISBN:
9780465032945
Format :
Book
