Lincoln - Softcover

Donald, David Herbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 068482535X ISBN 13: 9780684825359

Verlag: Simon & Schuster, 1996

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Lincoln editado por Simon & Schuster Ltd.

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Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. "A grand work--the Lincoln biography for this generation." David W. Blight Los Angeles Times "A one-volume study of Lincoln's life that will augment and replace the previous modern standards by Benjamin Thomas (1953) and Stephen Oates (1977). Donald's Lincoln is a scholarly achievement." James M. McPherson The Atlantic Monthly "Eagerly awaited, Lincoln fulfills expectations. Donald writes with lucidity and elegance." Harold Holzer Chicago Tribune "Lincoln immediately takes its place among the best of the genre, and it is unlikely that it will be surpassed in elegance, incisiveness and originality in this century. . . . A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance."

Reseña del editor:

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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• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 068482535X
• ISBN 13: 9780684825359
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 752