| Description |
xi, 347 pages,8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-331) and index. |
| Contents |
Two old men, one young man -- 1809-1830: youth -- George Washington and liberty -- 1830-1840: manhood -- Thomas Paine, laughter, and reason -- 1840-1852: maturity -- Henry Clay and the Fourth of July -- 1854: the repeal of the Missouri Compromise -- 1855-1858: running for senate -- 1859-1860: running for president -- Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. The towering genius (I) -- The election of 1860. The towering genius (II) -- 1861-1863: war, emancipation -- Preamble to the Constitution -- 1864-1865: war, death -- God the father -- 1865: victory. The towering genius (III) -- Epilogue: One old man. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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| ISBN |
9780465032945 (hardcover) |
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046503294X (hardcover) |
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