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| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America William E. Gienapp, 2002-04-08 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 lawyer in Springfield, to his stunning election as sixteenth president of the United States. Students will see how Lincoln grew during his years in office, how he developed a keen aptitude for military strategy and displayed enormous skill in dealing with his generals, and how his war strategy evolved from a desire to preserve the Union to emancipation and total war. Gienapp shows how Lincoln's early years influenced his skills as commander-in-chief and demonstrates that, throughout the stresses of the war years, Lincoln's basic character shone through: his good will and fundamental decency, his remarkable self-confidence matched with genuine humility, his immunity to the passions and hatreds the war spawned, his extraordinary patience, and his timeless devotion. A former backwoodsman and country lawyer, Abraham Lincoln rose to become one of our greatest presidents. This biography offers a vivid account of Lincoln's dramatic ascension to the pinnacle of American history. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Michael Burlingame, 2023-10-10 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, an updated, condensed version of the 2,000-page two-volume set that The Atlantic hailed as one of the five best books of 2009, 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 Based on deep research in unpublished sources as well as newly digitized sources, this work reveals how Lincoln's character and personality were the North's secret weapon in the Civil War, the key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 political ambition, his term as congressman in the late 1840s, and his serious bouts of depression in early adulthood. Burlingame recounts, in fresh detail, the Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln marriage and traces the mounting moral criticism of slavery that revived his political career and won this Springfield lawyer the presidency in 1860. This abridgement delivers Burlingame's signature insight into Lincoln as a young man, a father, and a politician. Lincoln speaks to us not only as a champion of freedom, democracy, and national unity but also as a source of inspiration. Few have achieved his historical importance, but many can profit from his personal example, encouraged by the knowledge that despite a lifetime of troubles, he became a model of psychological maturity, moral clarity, and unimpeachable integrity. His presence and his leadership inspired his contemporaries; his life story will do the same for generations to come. |
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| a biography of abraham lincoln: The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, 2012-06-13 Abraham Lincoln, the greatest of all American presidents, left us a vast legacy of writings, some of which are among the most famous in our history. Lincoln was a marvelous writer—from the humblest letter to his great speeches, including his inaugural addresses, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address. His sentences were so memorably crafted that many resonate across the years. Fourscore and seven years ago, begins the Gettysburg Address, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. In 1940, the prolific author and historian Philip Van Doren Stern produced this volume as a guide to Lincoln's life through his writings. Stern's Life of Abraham Lincoln is a full biography of the man and includes a detailed chronology. Stern has collected all the essential texts of Lincoln's public life, from his first public address—a stump speech in New Salem, Illinois, in 1832 for an election he went on to lose—to his last piece of public writing, a pass to a congressman who was to visit the president the day after Lincoln went to Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. Some 275 such documents are collected and placed in their historical context. Together with the Life and the Introduction, Lincoln in His Writings, by noted historian Allan Nevins, they give a full and vivid picture of Abraham Lincoln. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Michael Burlingame, 2013-04-01 Now in paperback, this award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of Lincoln. 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 current understanding of America’s sixteenth president. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln’s presidency and the trials of the Civil War. He supplies fascinating details on the crisis over Fort Sumter and the relentless office seekers who plagued Lincoln. He introduces readers to the president’s battles with hostile newspaper editors and his quarrels with incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also interprets Lincoln’s private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in 1862, and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Michael Burlingame, 2007-02-20 Editor Michael Burlingame sifted through the the ten-volume biography Abraham Lincoln: A History and selected only the personal observations of the secretaries during the Lincoln presidency. The result is an important collection of Nicolay and Hay's interpretations of Lincoln's character, actions, and reputation. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: I am Abraham Lincoln Brad Meltzer, 2014-01-14 Each picture book in this series is a biography of an American hero, told in a simple, conversational, vivacious way, and always focusing on a character trait that made the person heroic. The heros are depicted as children throughout, telling their life stories in first-person present tense, which keeps the books playful and accessible to young children. This book spotlights Abraham Lincoln who always spoke his mind and was unafraid to speak for others.This friendly, fun biography series inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. One great role model at a time, these books encourage kids to dream big. Included in each book are: • A timeline of key events in the hero’s history • Photos that bring the story more fully to life • Comic-book-style illustrations that are irresistibly adorable • Childhood moments that influenced the hero • Facts that make great conversation-starters • A virtue this person embodies: Abraham Lincoln's compassion made him a great leader. You’ll want to collect each book in this dynamic, informative series! |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: All the Powers of Earth Sidney Blumenthal, 2019-09-03 Lincoln’s incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly revealed in this “compelling, original, and elegantly written” (Michael Beschloss, New York Times bestselling author) third volume of the “magisterial” (The New York Times Book Review) Political Life of Abraham Lincoln series, following A Self-Made Man and Wrestling with His Angel. After a period of depression that he would ever find his way to greatness, Lincoln takes on the most powerful demagogue in the country, Stephen Douglas, in the debates for a senate seat. He sidelines the frontrunner William Seward, a former governor and senator for New York, to cinch the new Republican Party’s nomination. All the Powers of Earth is the political story of all time. Lincoln achieves the presidency by force of strategy, of political savvy and determination. This is Abraham Lincoln, who indisputably becomes the greatest president and moral leader in the nation’s history. But he must first build a new political party, brilliantly state the anti-slavery case and overcome shattering defeat to win the presidency. In the years of civil war to follow, he will show mightily that the nation was right to bet on him. He was its preserver, a politician of moral integrity. All the Powers of Earth is “as essential as any political biography is likely to be” and Sidney Bluementhal is “the definitive chronicler of Lincoln’s political career” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: The Life of Abraham Lincoln Henry Ketcham, 1901 In his introduction to The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ketcham notes that there has been so much written about Lincoln that the legend has begun to obscure, if not to efface, the man. In this biography the single purpose has been to present the living man with such distinctness of outline that the reader may have a sort of feeling of being acquainted with him. Ketcham's clearly-written, unadorned account of Lincoln's life achieves its stated purpose, never removing its focus from the man who became the 16th President of the United States and led the nation through some of its most turbulent and difficult times.--Amazon.com |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abe David S. Reynolds, 2021-09-28 Now an Apple TV+ documentary, Lincoln's Dilemma. One of the Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year | A Washington Post Notable Book | A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020 Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Abraham Lincoln Prize and the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award A marvelous cultural biography that captures Lincoln in all his historical fullness. . . . using popular culture in this way, to fill out the context surrounding Lincoln, is what makes Mr. Reynolds's biography so different and so compelling . . . Where did the sympathy and compassion expressed in [Lincoln's] Second Inaugural—'With malice toward none; with charity for all'—come from? This big, wonderful book provides the richest cultural context to explain that, and everything else, about Lincoln. —Gordon Wood, Wall Street Journal From one of the great historians of nineteenth-century America, a revelatory and enthralling new biography of Lincoln, many years in the making, that brings him to life within his turbulent age David S. Reynolds, author of the Bancroft Prize-winning cultural biography of Walt Whitman and many other iconic works of nineteenth century American history, understands the currents in which Abraham Lincoln swam as well as anyone alive. His magisterial biography Abe is the product of full-body immersion into the riotous tumult of American life in the decades before the Civil War. It was a country growing up and being pulled apart at the same time, with a democratic popular culture that reflected the country's contradictions. Lincoln's lineage was considered auspicious by Emerson, Whitman, and others who prophesied that a new man from the West would emerge to balance North and South. From New England Puritan stock on his father's side and Virginia Cavalier gentry on his mother's, Lincoln was linked by blood to the central conflict of the age. And an enduring theme of his life, Reynolds shows, was his genius for striking a balance between opposing forces. Lacking formal schooling but with an unquenchable thirst for self-improvement, Lincoln had a talent for wrestling and bawdy jokes that made him popular with his peers, even as his appetite for poetry and prodigious gifts for memorization set him apart from them through his childhood, his years as a lawyer, and his entrance into politics. No one can transcend the limitations of their time, and Lincoln was no exception. But what emerges from Reynolds's masterful reckoning is a man who at each stage in his life managed to arrive at a broader view of things than all but his most enlightened peers. As a politician, he moved too slowly for some and too swiftly for many, but he always pushed toward justice while keeping the whole nation in mind. Abe culminates, of course, in the Civil War, the defining test of Lincoln and his beloved country. Reynolds shows us the extraordinary range of cultural knowledge Lincoln drew from as he shaped a vision of true union, transforming, in Martin Luther King Jr.'s words, the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. Abraham Lincoln did not come out of nowhere. But if he was shaped by his times, he also managed at his life's fateful hour to shape them to an extent few could have foreseen. Ultimately, this is the great drama that astonishes us still, and that Abe brings to fresh and vivid life. The measure of that life will always be part of our American education. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln, 2022-11-29 The complete text of one of the most important speeches in American history, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln arrived at the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to remember not only the grim bloodshed that had just occurred there, but also to remember the American ideals that were being put to the ultimate test by the Civil War. A rousing appeal to the nation’s better angels, The Gettysburg Address remains an inspiring vision of the United States as a country “conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln, the War Years Carl Sandburg, 1939 |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution James M. McPherson, 1992-06-04 James McPherson has emerged as one of America's finest historians. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times Book Review, called history writing of the highest order. In that volume, McPherson gathered in the broad sweep of events, the political, social, and cultural forces at work during the Civil War era. Now, in Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, he offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on aspects of Lincoln and the war that have rarely been discussed in depth. McPherson again displays his keen insight and sterling prose as he examines several critical themes in American history. He looks closely at the President's role as Commander-in-Chief of the Union forces, showing how Lincoln forged a national military strategy for victory. He explores the importance of Lincoln's great rhetorical skills, uncovering how--through parables and figurative language--he was uniquely able to communicate both the purpose of the war and a new meaning of liberty to the people of the North. In another section, McPherson examines the Civil War as a Second American Revolution, describing how the Republican Congress elected in 1860 passed an astonishing blitz of new laws (rivaling the first hundred days of the New Deal), and how the war not only destroyed the social structure of the old South, but radically altered the balance of power in America, ending 70 years of Southern power in the national government. The Civil War was the single most transforming and defining experience in American history, and Abraham Lincoln remains the most important figure in the pantheon of our mythology. These graceful essays, written by one of America's leading historians, offer fresh and unusual perspectives on both. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln; a History, by John G. Nicolay and John Hay John George Nicolay, John Hay, 1890 |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood, 1917 |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Tanya Lee Stone, 2005 Cover subtitle: A photographic story of a life. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Hourly History, 2016-06-12 Abraham Lincoln's determination to hold the North and South together would ultimately lead to the bloodiest war in American history, the abolition of slavery, and his own untimely death from an assassin’s bullet. But to see Lincoln solely as a tragic figure consumed with the strife of mid-nineteenth century America is to miss meeting him as a man who never allowed himself to be defeated by adversity or grief or turmoil. From his earliest days on the frontier, he endured the loss of his beloved mother and the demanding physical challenges of a rough-and-ready land where death came easily and education was rare; where ambition was rewarded if a man proved himself willing to work hard; where love was attainable, even for a man whose physical appearance was most charitably described as homely. Inside you will read about... ✓ Born on the Frontier ✓ Lincoln’s Life in New Salem ✓ The Election of 1860 ✓ The House Divides ✓ The Tide Turns ✓ The End ✓ The Legacy of Lincoln Lincoln arose from poverty and ignorance to become a man of influence and eloquence whose speeches continue to resonate with a nation that aspires to meet his ideals. Lincoln had his detractors and enemies but throughout his years, he had a remarkable ability to remain unpoisoned by his foes and to retain compassion for those who opposed him. Meet Abraham Lincoln, the frontier president whose death made him a martyr but whose life made him a hero. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: The Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln - Scholar's Choice Edition Abraham Lincoln, 2015-02-12 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, 2000 In 1940, author and historian Philip Van Doren Stern produced this volume as a guide to Lincoln's life through his writings. Stern's Life of Abraham Lincoln is a full biography of the man and includes a detailed chronology. Stern has collected all the essential texts of Lincoln's public life, from his first public address--a stump speech in New Salem, Illinois, in 1832 for an election he went on to lose--to his last piece of public writing, a pass to a congressman who was to visit the president the day after Lincoln went to Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. Some 275 such documents are collected and placed in their historical context. Together with the Life and the Introduction, Lincoln in His Writings, by noted historian Allan Nevins, they give a full and vivid picture of Abraham Lincoln |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Life of Abraham Lincoln Clifton Melvin Nichols, 1896 Excerpt from Life of Abraham Lincoln: Being a Biography of His Life From His Birth to His Assassination; Also a Record of His Ancestors, and a Collection of Anecdotes Attributed to Lincoln. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln: Defender of the Union! Mark Shulman, 2019-03-26 The inspiring story of Abraham Lincoln’s life, in graphic novel format. Considered by many historians to be the greatest American president, Abraham Lincoln led the Union at the greatest turning point in the nation’s history. Abraham Lincoln: Defender of the Union! tells the story of one of America’s most admired figures in graphic novel format. From his childhood on a farm in Kentucky to the battlefields of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln served the United States with resolve, intelligence, and courage unlike that of any other president. Readers of all ages will be entertained and educated by the full-color illustrations and historically accurate narrative of this graphical biography. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: A. Lincoln Ronald C. White, 2009-01-13 “If you read one book about Lincoln, make it A. Lincoln.”—USA Today NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. In this magnificent book, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity–what today’s commentators would call “authenticity”–whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous research of the newly completed Lincoln Legal Papers, as well as of recently discovered letters and photographs, White provides a portrait of Lincoln’s personal, political, and moral evolution. White shows us Lincoln as a man who would leave a trail of thoughts in his wake, jotting ideas on scraps of paper and filing them in his top hat or the bottom drawer of his desk; a country lawyer who asked questions in order to figure out his own thinking on an issue, as much as to argue the case; a hands-on commander in chief who, as soldiers and sailors watched in amazement, commandeered a boat and ordered an attack on Confederate shore batteries at the tip of the Virginia peninsula; a man who struggled with the immorality of slavery and as president acted publicly and privately to outlaw it forever; and finally, a president involved in a religious odyssey who wrote, for his own eyes only, a profound meditation on “the will of God” in the Civil War that would become the basis of his finest address. Most enlightening, the Abraham Lincoln who comes into focus in this stellar narrative is a person of intellectual curiosity, comfortable with ambiguity, unafraid to “think anew and act anew.” A transcendent, sweeping, passionately written biography that greatly expands our knowledge and understanding of its subject, A. Lincoln will engage a whole new generation of Americans. It is poised to shed a profound light on our greatest president just as America commemorates the bicentennial of his birth. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln: A Complete Biography Lord Charnwood, 2020-01-01 Abraham Lincoln: A Complete Biography (Best of Abraham Lincoln) - Illuminating the Great Emancipator: Lord Charnwood's Definitive Biography of Abraham Lincoln: Step into the life of one of America's most iconic leaders with Abraham Lincoln: A Complete Biography. Lord Charnwood's remarkable work offers a comprehensive and enlightening account of Lincoln's journey from humble beginnings to becoming the 16th President of the United States. Dive into the complexities of his character and the pivotal role he played during a tumultuous period in American history. Key Aspects of the Book Abraham Lincoln: A Complete Biography: A Man of Character: Gain insight into Lincoln's personal struggles, virtues, and unwavering commitment to the principles of freedom and equality. Presidential Legacy: Explore Lincoln's tenure as President during the Civil War, and the pivotal decisions that shaped the nation's destiny. Emancipating Vision: Understand Lincoln's pivotal role in the abolition of slavery and the profound impact of his leadership on the course of American history. Lord Charnwood provides an insightful and definitive account of Abraham Lincoln's life in Abraham Lincoln: A Complete Biography, solidifying his position as an authoritative biographer of one of America's greatest presidents. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: The Civil War and Reconstruction William E. Gienapp, 2001-01-01 An ample, wide-ranging collection of primary sources, The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection, opens a window onto the political, social, cultural, economic, and military history from 1830 to 1877. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln Josiah Gilbert Holland, 1998-01-01 Soon after the assassination of President Lincoln in April 1865, newspaper editor Josiah Gilbert Holland traveled to Illinois to talk with people who had known Abraham Lincoln back when. In 1866 Holland published the earliest full-scale life of the fallen leader. A great popular success, Holland's biography introduced American readers who were hungry for personal information about Lincoln's early life to some of the most famous and enduring Lincoln stories. From Holland the reader learned about Lincoln making restitution for a ruined book, the railsplitter earning his first silver dollar, the millhorse's kick to his head, the wrestling match with Jack Armstrong. Holland relayed homey stories about the young Illinois legislator and lawyer and poignant ones about the president during the dark days of the Civil War. Holland was one of the earliest biographers of Lincoln to insist that Lincoln had always opposed slavery and had planned consistently for emancipation. Most debatable, from the viewpoint of some later historians, Holland demonstrated that Lincoln was eminently a Christian President. To understand the sixteenth president and the making of his public image, it is necessary to begin with Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln. J. G. Holland (1819-1881) was editor-in-chief of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican and founder of Scribner's Monthly. Introducer Allen C. Guelzo is the author of The Crisis of the American Republic: A History of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. He is Grace F. Kea Professor of American History and chair of the History Department at Eastern College in Pennsylvania. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Michael Burlingame, 2009-01-05 Burlingame interprets Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in 1862, and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: All the Powers of Earth Sidney Blumenthal, 2020-10-27 Lincoln’s incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly revealed in this “compelling, original, and elegantly written” (Michael Beschloss, New York Times bestselling author) third volume of the “magisterial” (The New York Times Book Review) Political Life of Abraham Lincoln series, following A Self-Made Man and Wrestling with His Angel. After a period of depression that he would ever find his way to greatness, Lincoln takes on the most powerful demagogue in the country, Stephen Douglas, in the debates for a senate seat. He sidelines the frontrunner William Seward, a former governor and senator for New York, to cinch the new Republican Party’s nomination. All the Powers of Earth is the political story of all time. Lincoln achieves the presidency by force of strategy, of political savvy and determination. This is Abraham Lincoln, who indisputably becomes the greatest president and moral leader in the nation’s history. But he must first build a new political party, brilliantly state the anti-slavery case and overcome shattering defeat to win the presidency. In the years of civil war to follow, he will show mightily that the nation was right to bet on him. He was its preserver, a politician of moral integrity. All the Powers of Earth is “as essential as any political biography is likely to be” and Sidney Bluementhal is “the definitive chronicler of Lincoln’s political career” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Ellen Blue Phillips, 2007 Tells the life story of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, describing his humble youth, his experiences as a lawyer, his start in politics, and his leadership during the Civil War, discussing the conflicts over slavery that brought on the war and shaped |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Lincoln David Herbert Donald, 2011-12-20 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 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. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln Ida Minerva Tarbell, John McCan Davis, 1896 |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Becoming Lincoln William W. Freehling, 2018-09-25 Shortlisted for the 2018 Lincoln Prize Previous biographies of Abraham Lincoln—universally acknowledged as one of America’s greatest presidents—have typically focused on his experiences in the White House. In Becoming Lincoln, renowned historian William Freehling instead emphasizes the prewar years, revealing how Lincoln came to be the extraordinary leader who would guide the nation through its most bitter chapter. Freehling’s engaging narrative focuses anew on Lincoln’s journey. The epic highlights Lincoln’s difficult family life, first with his father and later with his wife. We learn about the staggering number of setbacks and recoveries Lincoln experienced. We witness Lincoln’s famous embodiment of the self-made man (although he sought and received critical help from others). The book traces Lincoln from his tough childhood through incarnations as a bankrupt with few prospects, a superb lawyer, a canny two-party politician, a great orator, a failed state legislator, and a losing senatorial candidate, to a winning presidential contender and a besieged six weeks as a pre-war president. As Lincoln’s individual life unfolds, so does the American nineteenth century. Few great Americans have endured such pain but been rewarded with such success. Few lives have seen so much color and drama. Few mirror so uncannily the great themes of their own society. No one so well illustrates the emergence of our national economy and the causes of the Civil War. The book concludes with a substantial epilogue in which Freehling turns to Lincoln’s wartime presidency to assess how the preceding fifty-one years of experience shaped the Great Emancipator’s final four years. Extensively illustrated, nuanced but swiftly paced, and full of examples that vividly bring Lincoln to life for the modern reader, this new biography shows how an ordinary young man from the Midwest prepared to become, against almost absurd odds, our most tested and successful president. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Clara Ingram Judson, 2016-10-15 This sharply written and richly illustrated biography of Abraham Lincoln cover's the man's life, from his youth in Kentucky, through his political career, and his tragic death. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Who Was Abraham Lincoln? Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ, 2008-11-20 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 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Wilbur F. Gordy, 2021-08-24 A classic biography on the life of Abraham Lincoln. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Life Story Abraham Lincoln, 2019-06-25 The entire life story of our nations' greatest President, Abraham Lincoln, from birth to death in comic book / graphic novel format. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln , 1887 |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Founders' Son Richard Brookhiser, 2014-10-14 Abraham Lincoln grew up in the long shadow of the Founding Fathers. Seeking an intellectual and emotional replacement for his own taciturn father, Lincoln turned to the great men of the founding—Washington, Paine, Jefferson—and their great documents—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution—for knowledge, guidance, inspiration, and purpose. Out of the power vacuum created by their passing, Lincoln emerged from among his peers as the true inheritor of the Founders’ mantle, bringing their vision to bear on the Civil War and the question of slavery. In Founders’ Son, celebrated historian Richard Brookhiser presents a compelling new biography of Abraham Lincoln that highlights his lifelong struggle to carry on the work of the Founding Fathers. Following Lincoln from his humble origins in Kentucky to his assassination in Washington, D.C., Brookhiser shows us every side of the man: laborer, lawyer, congressman, president; storyteller, wit, lover of ribald jokes; depressive, poet, friend, visionary. And he shows that despite his many roles and his varied life, Lincoln returned time and time again to the Founders. They were rhetorical and political touchstones, the basis of his interest in politics, and the lodestars guiding him as he navigated first Illinois politics and then the national scene. But their legacy with not sufficient. As the Civil War lengthened and the casualties mounted Lincoln wrestled with one more paternal figure—God the Father—to explain to himself, and to the nation, why ending slavery had come at such a terrible price. Bridging the rich and tumultuous period from the founding of the United States to the Civil War, Founders’ Son is unlike any Lincoln biography to date. Penetrating in its insight, elegant in its prose, and gripping in its vivid recreation of Lincoln’s roving mind at work, this book allows us to think anew about the first hundred years of American history, and shows how we can, like Lincoln, apply the legacy of the Founding Fathers to our times. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln: a Biography Benjamin Platt Thomas, 1952 |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Allen C. Guelzo, 1999 This biography of the sixteenth president explores Lincoln's life and political career along with insights into his philosophy, religious views, and moral character. |
| a biography of abraham lincoln: Abraham Lincoln Carl Sandburg, 1940 |
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Title: The autobiography of Abraham Lincoln .. Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Keywords: http://www.archive.org/details/autobiography00linco Created Date
Abraham Lincoln Biography - NEH-Edsitement
Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, …
LINCOLN BIOGRAPHY READING KIT T
T his Teacher Resource Guide was created to accompany the “Lincoln Biography Reading Kit,” one of four Lincoln’s Legacy Learning Kits developed by the Abraham Lincoln Presi-dential …
ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Abraham Lincoln occupies a unique place in the American pantheon. Symbol, sage, myth, and martyr, he is an American icon – Honest Abe and The Great Emancipator, a Janus-faced …
Abraham Lincoln: An African American Perspective - JSTOR
War, Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was the chief executive who presided over the end of slavery—who liberated four million enslaved African Americans.
Lincoln in the Journal of American History
biography, Ida M. Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1900), was not only the product of one of Progressive journalisms most famous voices, but unveiled a Lincoln whom Progressives could …
Abraham Lincoln and the Nation's - JSTOR
A. Lincoln: A Biography. By Ronald C. White Jr. (New York: Random House, 2009. Pp. [xviii], 796. $35.00, ISBN 978-1-4000-6499-1.) At THE BEGINNING OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LlFE, …
Biography of Abraham Lincoln - eslvideo.com
Today we're going to learn about the American President, Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was born February 12, 1809, in Kentucky.
WILLIAM H. Herndon's biography of Lincoln (1889) - JSTOR
WILLIAM H. Herndon's biography of Lincoln (1889) recounts an interesting episode concerning a free Negro named John Shelby, whose freedom was jeopardized by the * 'black code" in New …
'OUR' ABRAHAM LINCOLN - JSTOR
The electoral victory of Barack Obama on the cusp of the two hundred year anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln has provided the ideal moment for fresh perspectives on the …
The Life of Abraham Lincoln - Public Library
In this biography the single purpose has been to present the living man with such distinctness of outline that the reader may have a sort of feeling of being acquainted with him.
Lincoln biography - Lincoln and New York
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America from 1861 until 1865. He was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. When he was eight, his family moved to a newly settled portion of Indiana where Lincoln learned the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic, his only formal schooling.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
The Life of Abraham Lincoln “The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor” “He was Born in Kentucky, Raised in Indiana and Lived in Illinois” Abraham Lincoln’s early years were marked by hardship on the American frontier. He was born in 1809 into a world of subsistence farming. His father, Tom Lincoln, struggled to carve out a
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Abraham Lincoln - Student Handouts
Born in obscurity and poverty, with health and a good disposition as a heritage from nature, and with good parents as teachers and guides, Abraham Lincoln—sixteenth president of the United States— entered upon life's journey through toil and vicissitude to fame and immortality.
A Biography Of Abraham Lincoln (2024) - netsec.csuci.edu
A biography of Abraham Lincoln: A comprehensive look at the life, times, and legacy of the 16th President of the United States, exploring his early life, political career, leadership during the Civil War, and enduring impact on American history. Article Outline: 1. Early Life and Background
Timeline about the life and career of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln . Lincoln Memorial Shrine . February 12, 1809. Abraham Lincoln is born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, the second child born to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln. 1816-19. The Lincoln family moves to Indiana. Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, dies of "milk sickness."
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Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the greatest American presidents. He calmly lead the country through the most diffi cult time in its history, the Civil War.
The autobiography of Abraham Lincoln
Title: The autobiography of Abraham Lincoln .. Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Keywords: http://www.archive.org/details/autobiography00linco Created Date
Abraham Lincoln Biography - NEH-Edsitement
Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years.
LINCOLN BIOGRAPHY READING KIT T
T his Teacher Resource Guide was created to accompany the “Lincoln Biography Reading Kit,” one of four Lincoln’s Legacy Learning Kits developed by the Abraham Lincoln Presi-dential Library and Museum Education Division to mark the bicentennial celebration of Lincoln’s birth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Abraham Lincoln occupies a unique place in the American pantheon. Symbol, sage, myth, and martyr, he is an American icon – Honest Abe and The Great Emancipator, a Janus-faced demigod sculpted in marble. But this is the post-assassination Lincoln. During his lifetime Lincoln elicited very different reactions.
Abraham Lincoln: An African American Perspective - JSTOR
War, Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was the chief executive who presided over the end of slavery—who liberated four million enslaved African Americans.
Lincoln in the Journal of American History
biography, Ida M. Tarbell's The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1900), was not only the product of one of Progressive journalisms most famous voices, but unveiled a Lincoln whom Progressives could embrace as their own.
Abraham Lincoln and the Nation's - JSTOR
A. Lincoln: A Biography. By Ronald C. White Jr. (New York: Random House, 2009. Pp. [xviii], 796. $35.00, ISBN 978-1-4000-6499-1.) At THE BEGINNING OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LlFE, HIS MONUMENTAL new two-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln, Michael Burlingame quotes advice the sixteenth president gave an impetuous young offi
Biography of Abraham Lincoln - eslvideo.com
Today we're going to learn about the American President, Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was born February 12, 1809, in Kentucky.
WILLIAM H. Herndon's biography of Lincoln (1889) - JSTOR
WILLIAM H. Herndon's biography of Lincoln (1889) recounts an interesting episode concerning a free Negro named John Shelby, whose freedom was jeopardized by the * 'black code" in New Orleans.
'OUR' ABRAHAM LINCOLN - JSTOR
The electoral victory of Barack Obama on the cusp of the two hundred year anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln has provided the ideal moment for fresh perspectives on the president who presided over the abolition of slavery.
