2 volumes: 26 cm Overview: In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America's greatest presidents.
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To that, I'd probably add the Gienapp book, Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, the Sidney Blumenthal trilogy starting with A Self-Made Man, and even the old Carl Sandburg books, which were the standard popular biography for decades. The last has been surpassed long ago, but they're still valuable to see where someone who could be brutally.
Of the dozen Lincoln biographies I read, two were Pulitzer Prize winners, one is the second best-read presidential biography of all time, and six held the distinction of being the definitive Lincoln biography at one time or another.
Recent book publications, such as “Lincoln Unmasked,” “The Real Lincoln” and “Everything You Were Taught about the Civil War Is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!” have challenged the traditional view of Lincoln that was established especially with the multi-volume biography written by Carl Sandberg in the twentieth century.
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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, , near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, , Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
Lincoln's biography is the stuff of legend. He rose from poverty to become a lawyer, leader and statesman, primarily by virtue of his own determination. During his presidency, Lincoln brought the nation through its greatest challenge, the Civil War, and helped it emerge united if not unscathed.
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