Lincoln Unbound: How an Ambitous Young Railsplitter Saved the American Dream - And How We Can Do It Again[FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Lowry, Rich

Verlag: Broadside Books , an imprint of HarperCollins, New York, 2013

Beschreibung

As new condition beige boards with a dark blue spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Rich Lowry; Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Preliminary Page Quote; Introduction; Notes; Index; and About the Author. The upper front jacket tip has a 1/8th inch nick. (see photos); The jacket is otherwise in as new condition. "In this thoughtful mix of history and politics, the New York Times bestselling author and editor of National Review - the conservative bible founded by William F. Buckley, Jr. - traces Abraham Lincoln's ambitious climb from provincial upstart to political powerhouse and calls for a renewal of the Lincoln ethic of relentless striving. Revered today across the political spectrum, Abraham Lincoln believed in a small but active government in a nation defined by aspiration. Fired by an indomitable ambition from a young age, the man who would be immortalized as the "railsplitter: never wanted to earn his living with an ax. He educated himself in a frontier environment characterized by mind-numbing labor and then turned his back on that world. All his life, he preached a gospel of work and discipline toward the all important ends of self-improvement and individual advancement. As a Whig and then a Republican, he worked to smash the rural backwardness in which he was raised and the Southern plantation economy that depended on human bondage. Both were unacceptably stultifying of human potential. In short, Lincoln lived the American Dream and succeeded in opening a way to it for others. He saw in the nation's founding documents the unchanging foundation of an endlessly dynamic society. He embraced the market and the amazing transportation and communications revolutions beginning to take hold. He helped give birth to the modern industrial economy that arose before the Civil War and that took off after it. His vision of an upwardly mobile society that rewards and supports individual striving was wondrously realized. Now it is under threat. Economic stagnation and social breakdown are undermining mobility and the American way. To meet these challenges, Rich Lowry draws us back to the lessons of Lincoln. It is imperative, he argues, to preserve a fluid economy and the bourgeois virtues that make it possible for individuals to thrive within it." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Lincoln Unbound: How an Ambitous Young Railsplitter Saved the American Dream - And How We Can Do It Again[FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Verlag: Broadside Books , an imprint of HarperCollins, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Druck: 1st Printing
• Zustand: As New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine