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Book Title
Abraham Lincoln : A Life
ISBN
9781421409733

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421409739
ISBN-13
9781421409733
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150532351

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
960 Pages
Publication Name
Abraham Lincoln : Alife
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Subject
United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Presidents & Heads of State
Type
Textbook
Author
Michael Burlingame
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
52.6 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7.1 in

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Scholarly & Professional
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A monumental and meticulous two-volume study of the 16th president... should be required reading for anyone seriously interested in Lincoln., Burlingame is a towering figure in Lincoln scholarship, and students of the 16th president have been waiting for this book for years. For all his learning-Burlingame may know more about Lincoln and his era than anyone in the world-his take on his subject is fresh, and he doesn't gloss over Lincoln's less appealing attributes. Abraham Lincoln comes as close to being the definitive biography as anything the world has seen in decades., No review could do complete justice to the magnificent two-volume biography that has been so well-wrought by Michael Burlingame., Burlingame is a towering figure in Lincoln scholarship, and students of the 16th president have been waiting for this book for years. For all his learning--Burlingame may know more about Lincoln and his era than anyone in the world--his take on his subject is fresh, and he doesn't gloss over Lincoln's less appealing attributes. Abraham Lincoln comes as close to being the definitive biography as anything the world has seen in decades., The bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth has generated a plethora of Lincoln-related items, but none impresses more than this two-volume biography... Essential., A monumental boxed effort that weighs in at 10 pounds... The result is a picture of Lincoln from all sides, in a style that is relentless but not daunting., The granddaddy of all the recent books [on Lincoln] is Michael Burlingame's Abraham Lincoln: A Life ... monumental in size, depth and scholarship, this is the new standard biography of our time and surpasses all other life portraits of our 16th president, and is the most important book of the bicentennial., The two-volume set is being heralded as the ultimate new biography of Lincoln, an essential work to be used by all future biographers of the 16th president., This magisterial work tells a rich, thoroughly documented, birth-to-death story of America's greatest president. Its bulk is formidable, but it holds countless rewards for undaunted readers., This book supplants [Carl] Sandburg and supersedes all other biographies. Future Lincoln books cannot be written without it, and from no other book can a general reader learn so much about Abraham Lincoln. It is the essential title for the bicentennial., Burlingame is a towering figure in Lincoln scholarship, and students of the 16th president have been waiting for this book for years. For all his learning -- Burlingame may know more about Lincoln and his era than anyone in the world -- his take on his subject is fresh, and he doesn't gloss over Lincoln's less appealing attributes. Abraham Lincoln comes as close to being the definitive biography as anything the world has seen in decades., Burlingame very likely knows more about Lincoln than anyone who's ever lived, including Mary Todd, and his biography, 20 years in the writing, has a revelation on every page, dug out during the biographer's tireless research into musty libraries and forgotten attics that no one has ever thought to look in before. If there is anything knowable that you want to know about Lincoln, this is the place to find it., ""A monumental and meticulous two-volume study of the 16th president... should be required reading for anyone seriously interested in Lincoln."", Most thorough account of the development of Lincoln as a man and politician against the backdrop of America's struggle to mature as an idea and a nation... Not a Lincoln for our times, but the Lincoln of his times, and future biographers would do well to take note(s).
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Volume Number
Vol. 1
Dewey Decimal
973.7092 B
Table Of Content
Author's Note 1. ""I Have Seen a Good Deal of the Back Side of This World"": Childhood in Kentucky (1809-1816) 2. ""I Used to Be a Slave"": Boyhood and Adolescence in Indiana (1816-1830) 3. ""Separated from His Father, He Studied English Grammar"": New Salem (1831-1834) 4. ""A Napoleon of Astuteness and Political Finesse"": Frontier Legislator (1834-1837) 5. ""We Must Fight the Devil with Fire"": Slasher-Gaff Politico in Springfield (1837-1841) 6. ""It Would Just Kill Me to Marry Mary Todd"": Courtship and Marriage (1840-1842) 7. ""I Have Got the Preacher by the Balls"": Pursuing a Seat in Congress (1843-1847) 8. ""A Strong but Judicious Enemy to Slavery"": Congressman Lincoln (1847-1849) 9. ""I Was Losing Interest in Politics and Went to the Practice of the Law with Greater Earnestness Than Ever Before"": Midlife Crisis (1849-1854) 10. ""Aroused as He Had Never Been Before"": Reentering Politics (1854-1855) 11. ""Unite with Us, and Help Us to Triumph"": Building the Illinois Republican Party (1855-1857) 12. ""A House Divided"": Lincoln vs. Douglas (1857-1858) 13. A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath"": The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858) 14. ""That Presidential Grub Gnaws Deep"": Pursuing the Republican Nomination (1859-1860) 15. ""The Most Available Presidential Candidate for Unadulterated Republicans"": The Chicago Convention (May 1860) 16. ""I Have Been Elected Mainly on the Cry 'Honest Old Abe'"": The Presidential Campaign (May-November 1860) 17. ""I Will Suffer Death Before I Will Consent to Any Concession or Compromise"": President-elect in Springfield (1860-1861) 18. ""What If I Appoint Cameron, Whose Very Name Stinks in the Nostrils of the People for His Corruption?"": Cabinet-Making in Springfield (1860-1861) Notes Index
Synopsis
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 Americas greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce our current understanding of Americas sixteenth president. Volume 1 covers Lincolns early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincolns life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail the crisis over Fort Sumter and Lincolns own battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also offers new interpretations of Lincolns private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. But through it all his difficult childhood, his contentious political career, a fratricidal war, and tragic personal losses Lincoln preserved a keen sense of humor and acquired a psychological maturity that proved to be the Norths most valuable asset in winning the Civil War. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before., 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 Americas greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this ......, 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. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce our current understanding of America's sixteenth president. Volume 1 covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail the crisis over Fort Sumter and Lincoln's own battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also offers new interpretations of Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. But through it all--his difficult childhood, his contentious political career, a fratricidal war, and tragic personal losses--Lincoln preserved a keen sense of humor and acquired a psychological maturity that proved to be the North's most valuable asset in winning the Civil War. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before., Now in paperback, this award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of Lincoln. Named One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by Chicago TribuneNamed One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by The AtlanticWinner, 2008 PROSE Award for Best Book in U.S. History and Biography/Autobiography, Association of American PublishersWinner, 2010 Lincoln Prize from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College 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. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce our current understanding of America's sixteenth president. Volume 1 covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail the crisis over Fort Sumter and Lincoln's own battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also offers new interpretations of Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. But through it all--his difficult childhood, his contentious political career, a fratricidal war, and tragic personal losses--Lincoln preserved a keen sense of humor and acquired a psychological maturity that proved to be the North's most valuable asset in winning the Civil War. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before.

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