Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America : a biography William E. Gienapp

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gienapp, William E.

Contributor:

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Military leadership.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

United States.

Command of troops.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

In Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, historian William Gienapp provides a biography of the most revered figure in United States history. While the heart of the book focuses on the Civil War, Gienapp begins with a finely etched portrait of Lincoln's early life, from pioneer farm boy, to politician and lawyer in Springfield, to his stunning election as sixteenth president of the United States. We see how Lincoln grew during his years in office, how he developed a keen aptitude for military strategy and displayed enormous skill in dealing with his generals, and also how his war strategy evolved from a desire to preserve the Union to emancipation and total war. Gienapp shows how Lincoln's early years influenced his skills as commander-in-chief, and also demonstrates that throughout the stresses of the war years, Lincoln's basic character shone through: his good will and fundamental decency, his remarkable self-confidence matched with genuine humility, his immunity to the passions and hatreds the war spawned, his extraordinary patience, and his timeless devotion. A former backwoodsman and country lawyer, Abraham Lincoln rose to become one of our greatest presidents. This biography offers a vivid account of Lincoln's dramatic ascension to the pinnacle of American history.--Book jacket.

Contents:

A son of the frontier

Thwarted ambition

Rise to power

A people's contest

From limited war to revolution

Midstream

To finish the task

With malice toward none

Chronology of Abraham Lincoln.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-232) and index.

Local Notes:

The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.

ISBN:

0195150996

9780195150995

0195151003

9780195151008

OCLC:

47989977

Publisher Number:

9780195150996

9780195151008

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