Lincoln
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Lincoln
By David Herbert Donald442 "a strong paper ": Welles, Diary, 1:323. 443 "his healthful life": CW, 6:260-269. 443 than a "Despot": T.J. Barnett to Samuel L. M. Barlow, June 10, 1863, Barlow MSS, HEH. 443 "the whole land": John W. Forney to AL, June 14, 1863, ...
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Lincoln: The Presidential Archives
By Chuck Wills" Find yourself engulfed in the history surrounding Lincoln's life with this well-researched and digestible account of America's sixteenth president. Every Lincoln enthusiast should have this volume in their collection.
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Lincoln
By David Herbert DonaldDrawing extensively from Lincoln's personal papers and from newly discovered records of Lincoln's legal practice, David Herbert Donald brilliantly re-creates the president's rise from obscurity to the heights of political glory.
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Lincoln
By Ray John de AragonSheriff Brady was in debt to the Murphy store, so, under pressure, he issued warrants for the arrest of Alexander McSween for cattle rustling. Mathews formed a posse, which included notorious killers like George W. Hindman.
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Lincoln: Pursuit and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
By Sidney St. JamesCaptain Christian Rath was born in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany in 1831. He moved to Jackson, Michigan in 1849 and became a shoemaker. In 1865, Rath received orders to oversee the imprisonment and securing the Lincoln Assassination ...
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Lincoln: A Novel
By Gore VidalVidal, with this book, does just that, and more: he gives us the tragedy of American Political history, with its most authentic tragic hero at the center, which is to say, at our center.' - Harold Bloom
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Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power
By Richard CarwardineGod punished wicked nations for their sins, just as he punished delinquent individuals.69 Punishment would bring reformation and progress: Lincoln, explained Leonard Swett, expected the “ultimate triumph of right, and the overthrow of ...
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Lincoln: Townscapes Through Time
By Michael J. JonesLincoln: Townscapes Through Time
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Lincoln: The Civil War President in 25 Lists
By Thomas R. FlagelIn this book--both history and biography, informative and entertaining, meant to be read all at once or in bite-sized chunks--historian Thomas Flagel distills the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln in twenty-five annotated lists ...
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Lincoln
By Charles E. SavoieThis is an early - 20th - century view of Chase and Butterfly Farm as it appeared from the vantage point of today's Butterfly garden . Pictured at the far left is the Chase family farmhouse . To the right is the cow barn , horse and hay ...
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Lincoln
By Fred DuvalAlors qu’il se rend sur place pour inaugurer le cimetière militaire et prononcer un discours qui fera figure d’Évangile de l’Union, Abraham Lincoln, seizième président de l’histoire des États-Unis, médite sur la fragilité de ...
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Lincoln: A Novel
By Gore VidalGore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. With their broad canvas and large cast of...
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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
By Allen C. GuelzoThe Lincoln we meet here is an Enlightenment figure who struggled to create a common ground between a people focused on individual rights and a society eager to establish a certain moral, philosophical, and intellectual bedrock.
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Lincoln: The Manning Dragons Libro 3
By Kathi S. BartonIeri ne ho letta una di un tizio che sosteneva che, dal momento che abbiamo tutti i soldi del mondo, non sentiva il bisogno di prendere accordi sulla restituzione del prestito che ci chiedeva. Ha detto che pensava che sarebbe stato ...
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Lincoln: A Novel
By Gore VidalIn this profoundly moving novel, a work of epic proportions and intense human sympathy, Lincoln is observed by his loved ones and his rivals.
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Lincoln: A President for the Ages
By Participant MediaSavior of the Union and the Great Emancipator. All these are Abraham Lincoln -- in his time America's most admired and reviled leader, and still our nation's most enigmatic and captivating hero.
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Lincoln: A Book of Quotations
By Abraham LincolnThe most eloquent of American presidents, Lincoln offered sagacious and frequently humorous comments on everything that mattered. This volume features his thoughts and opinions concerning politics, human nature, and many other topics.
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Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest
By Jan MorrisBrash and skeptical when she first came to the United States in the 1950s, Jan Morris cast a decidedly dubious eye on the saintly image of Abraham Lincoln and the...
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Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
By Fred Kaplan. Kaplan meticulously analyzes how Lincoln’s steadily maturing prose style enabled him to come to grips with slavery and, as his own views evolved, to express his deepening opposition to it.” — Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post ...
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Lincoln: The Ambiguous Icon
By Steven JohnstonIn this book, political theorist Steve Johnston explores Lincoln’s thought and political philosophy, but also his intentional and shrewdly calculated ambiguity – enabling him to be maximally politically effective in the face of ...