Lincoln in private : what his most personal reflections tell us about our greatest president
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- ISBN: 9781984855091
- ISBN: 1984855093
- ISBN: 9781984855107
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Physical Description:
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xx, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2021]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-307) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Part one: Lawyer. The lyrical Lincoln: the transcendence of Niagara Falls ; The humble Lincoln: a lawyer's vocation -- Part two: Politician. The fiery Lincoln: slavery and a reentry to politics ; The defeated Lincoln: failure and ambition ; The Republican Lincoln: the birth of a party ; The principled Lincoln: a definition of democracy ; The outraged Lincoln: pro-slavery theology -- Part three: President. The unity Lincoln: secession and the Constitution ; The Kentuckian Lincoln: an undelivered speech to the South ; The theological Lincoln: a meditation on the divine will -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Lincoln's fragments and notes. |
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Genre: | Biography. Biographies. Autobiographies. Facsimiles. Manuscripts. Trivia and miscellanea. Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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Homer Public Library | 973.7092 WHI (Text) | 000161752 | Nonfiction | Available | - |