The Battles That Made Abraham Lincoln: How Lincoln Mastered His Enemies to Win the Civil War, Free the Slaves, and Preserve the Union - Couverture souple

Tagg, Larry

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ISBN 10 : 1611211263 ISBN 13 : 9781611211269

Editeur : Savas Beatie, 2013

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Today, Abraham Lincoln is a beloved American icon, widely considered to be our best president. It was not always so. Larry Taggs The Battles that Made Abraham Lincoln is the first study of its kind to concentrate on what Lincolns contemporaries thought of him during his lifetime, and the obstacles they set before him. Be forewarned: your preconceived notions are about to be shattered. Torn by civil war, the era in which our sixteenth president lived and governed was the most rough-and-tumble in the history of American politics. The violence of the criticism with which Lincoln had to deal came from both sides of the Mason-Dixon line and was overwhelming. Indeed, the breadth and depth of the spectacular prejudice against him is often shocking for its cruelty, intensity, and unrelenting vigor. The plain truth is that Mr. Lincoln was deeply reviled by many who knew him personally, and by hundreds of thousands who only knew of him. His rise to greatness was in spite of their vitriol. Boisterous and venomous enough to be good entertainment, The Battles that Made Abraham Lincoln rests upon a wide foundation of research. Tagg includes extensive treatment of the political context that begat Lincolns predicament, riding with the president-elect to Washington and walking with him through the bleak years of war up to and beyond assassination. Throughout, Tagg entertains with a lively writing style, outstanding storytelling verve, and an unconventional, wholly against-the-grain perspective that is sure to delight readers of all stripes. Lincolns humanity has been unintentionally trivialized by some historians and writers who have obscured the real man behind a patina of bronze. Taggs groundbreaking book helps all of us better understand the great man Lincoln was, and how history is better viewed through a long-distance lens than contemporaneously. The Battles that Made Abraham Lincoln will be the must-read title for general readers and scholars alike.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Savas Beatie
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1611211263
• ISBN 13: 9781611211269
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576