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Author Miller, William Lee. author.

Title Lincoln's virtues : an ethical biography / William Lee Miller.

Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2002]
Publication Info. ©2002

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 LINCOLN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B LINCOLN, ABRAHAM    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  B LINCOLN, ABRAHAM MIL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B LINCOLN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B LINCOLN, ABRAHAM    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B LINCOLN    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.7 L736MIL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition
Description xvi, 515 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Who is this fellow? He is smarter than he looks -- Noble rage -- He will be good : but God knows when -- I want in all cases to do right -- Was this man a politician? -- Rising public man -- Another president, another war -- Politics and morals -- Thunderstruck in Illinois -- I shall try to show that it is wrong -- Our duty as we understand it -- The worthy work of party-building -- Not so much greater than the rest of us -- Lincoln's defense of our common humanity -- Such an impression -- The man with the blue umbrella -- Let grass grow where it may.
Summary This book traces Abraham Lincoln's moral and intellectual development in the context of his times and in contrast with the leading issues of the day, including slavery.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Ethics.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (OCoLC)fst00030184
Ethics. (OCoLC)fst00915833
Political ethics. (OCoLC)fst01069286
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Morele ontwikkeling.
Intellectuele vorming.
Lincoln, Abraham.
Biographie.
Chronological Term 1861-1865
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form: Online version: Miller, William Lee. Lincoln's virtues. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002 (OCoLC)606611889
Online version: Miller, William Lee. Lincoln's virtues. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002 (OCoLC)609921394
ISBN 9780375401589
037540158X
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