LincolnA masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln’s character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union—in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen. |
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Uporabnikova ocena - kenkarpay - LibraryThingA biography with unique approach: telling the Lincoln life story from Lincoln's perspective of what he knew and when he knew it. An extensive, highly readable book that covers Lincoln's professional ... Celotno mnenje
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Uporabnikova ocena - rivkat - LibraryThingEngaging biography of a man who was plucked from obscurity—though he liked to say he never lost a direct election, his most recent political adventure had been losing a senatorial race to Stephen ... Celotno mnenje
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Preface | 13 |
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| Naslov | Lincoln |
| Avtor | David Herbert Donald |
| Izdaja | ponatisnjena |
| Založnik | Simon & Schuster, 1996 |
| ISBN | 068482535X, 9780684825359 |
| Dolžina | 720 strani |
| Izvozi navedbo | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |