Abraham Lincoln
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few figures in American history have commanded as enduring a fascination as the rail-splitter from Illinois who guided a fractured nation through its most devastating war, and Herbert Agar's Abraham Lincoln, part of the prestigious Makers of History series, presents a compelling portrait of the man behind the myth. Agar chronicles Lincoln's improbable rise from frontier poverty to the highest office in the land, capturing the iron resolve and rare moral intelligence that defined his presidency during the cataclysm of the Civil War. Agar, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist, brings his formidable analytical gifts to bear on Lincoln's character, arguing that his greatness lay not merely in political genius but in a profound, almost tragic, understanding of human nature and national destiny. Written with narrative clarity and historical authority, this biography illuminates the enduring tensions of democracy, unity, and leadership that Lincoln embodied, leaving the reader to wonder whether such a confluence of character and circumstance could ever arise again.
Author: Herbert Agar
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few figures in American history have commanded as enduring a fascination as the rail-splitter from Illinois who guided a fractured nation through its most devastating war, and Herbert Agar's Abraham Lincoln, part of the prestigious Makers of History series, presents a compelling portrait of the man behind the myth. Agar chronicles Lincoln's improbable rise from frontier poverty to the highest office in the land, capturing the iron resolve and rare moral intelligence that defined his presidency during the cataclysm of the Civil War. Agar, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist, brings his formidable analytical gifts to bear on Lincoln's character, arguing that his greatness lay not merely in political genius but in a profound, almost tragic, understanding of human nature and national destiny. Written with narrative clarity and historical authority, this biography illuminates the enduring tensions of democracy, unity, and leadership that Lincoln embodied, leaving the reader to wonder whether such a confluence of character and circumstance could ever arise again.