A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809 - 1849
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (623 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 147677725X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rarely has a Lincoln biographer come to his task with such elegance of style. I can’t wait for the next volume." (The Buffalo News)“Engrossing Blumenthal takes the reader deep into Illinois and national politics to locate the character and content of Lincoln's ideas, interests, and identity, and to understand his driving ambition to succeed in law and politics. Blumenthal provides greater perspective and emphasis on perhaps the preeminent politician in American history. “A breathtaking new view of Abraham Lincoln." (The National Memo)“Splendid Blumenthal’s work of building the context for Lincoln’s political activism in the presidenti
He has been a national staff reporter for The Washington Post, Washington editor and staff writer for The New Yorker, senior writer for The New Republic, and contributed to numerous additional publications. His books include the bestselling The Clinton Wars, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment and The Permanent Campaign. Among his films, h
Blumenthal reveals how Douglas and Jefferson Davis acting together made possible Lincoln’s rise.Blumenthal describes a socially awkward suitor who had a nervous breakdown over his inability to deal with the opposite sex. His marriage to the upper class Mary Todd was crucial to his social aspirations and his political career. Obsessed with Stephen Douglas, his political rival, he battled him for decades. Successful as a circuit lawyer, Lincoln built his team of loyalists. “A breathtaking new view of Abraham Lincoln.” —The National Memo“Illuminating…an instant classic.” —The Daily Beast“Engrossing” —Library JournalThe first of a multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconst
Worthy attempt to contextualized young Lincoln J. Ziemann One criticism of much of the vast literature devoted to Abraham Lincoln is that it relies exclusively on what he said and did, and that there is little effort made to place him in the context of the times that he lived. Notably, historian Eric Foner contextualized Lincoln's views on slavery and race in "The Fiery Tri. "A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln" K. J. Kalin "A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln" is the opening book in a multi-volume series by Sidney Blumenthal, and covers 1809 to 1849. I thought it was extremely well-researched and found new information not only on Lincoln, but on the antebellum political scene in Washington and Illinois. I thought his. Lincoln's Early Life Well Told This book's appeal is as much for its brilliant portraits of the great figures that presaged Abraham Lincoln and the presence always of the single issue - slavery - each of them was forced to deal with through their decades. These are men like William Henry Harrison, governor of a Northwest Territory whose land mass