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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Guelzo, Allen C. Abraham Lincoln. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c1999 (OCoLC)606302660 Online version: Guelzo, Allen C. Abraham Lincoln. Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c1999 (OCoLC)607263334 |
| Named Person: | Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Allen C Guelzo |
| ISBN: | 0802838723 9780802838728 |
| OCLC Number: | 41833121 |
| Description: | xii, 516 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The American System -- The Costs of Union -- The Doctrine of Necessity -- The Fuel of Interest -- Moral Principle Is All That Unites Us -- An Accidental President -- War in a Conciliatory Style -- Voice Out of the Whirlwind -- Whig Jupiter -- Malice Toward None -- Epilogue: The Redeemer President. |
| Responsibility: | Allen C. Guelzo. |
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Abstract:
This major biography of Abraham Lincoln has won the prestigious Lincoln Prize, the annual award given to the best book in the Civil War field. Guelzo's superb work breaks new ground in exploring the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him for the first time as a serious thinker deeply involved in the struggles of nineteenth-century thought.
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