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Founders' son : a life of Abraham Lincoln / Richard Brookhiser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brookhiser, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- Argues that the sixteenth president of the United States was inspired by the Founding Fathers of the nation and struggled to carry on their work throughout his career.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465032945
- 046503294X
- OCLC:
- 870986744
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