Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons
- ISBN-10
- 014311123X
- ISBN-13
- 9780143111238
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 496
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-02-06
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Description
In this eye-opening book, Elizabeth Brown Pryor examines six intriguing, mostly unknown encounters that Abraham Lincoln had with his constituents. Taken together, they reveal his character and opinions in unexpected ways, illustrating his difficulties in managing a republic and creating a presidency. Pryor probes both the political demons that Lincoln battled in his ambitious exercise of power and the demons that arose from the very nature of democracy itself: the clamorous diversity of the populace, with its outspoken demands. She explores the trouble Lincoln sometimes had in communicating and in juggling the multiple concerns that make up being a political leader; how conflicted he was over the problem of emancipation; and the misperceptions Lincoln and the South held about each other. Pryor also provides a fascinating discussion of Lincoln's fondness for storytelling and how he used his skills as a raconteur to enhance both his personal and political power.
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