Lincoln: The Unknown
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Before he became the most iconic president in American history, Abraham Lincoln was a man shrouded in mystery — a backwoods child of poverty, a failed businessman, a heartbroken lover, and a self-taught lawyer who clawed his way from the wilderness of Kentucky to the halls of the White House. Lincoln the Unknown chronicles the deeply human and often overlooked dimensions of Lincoln's life, presenting the sixteenth president not as a marble monument but as a flesh-and-blood man tormented by ambition, grief, and an unrelenting drive to prove himself worthy of the world's respect. Dale Carnegie, celebrated for his mastery of human psychology and persuasion, brings his signature narrative clarity and warmth to this biographical portrait, arguing compellingly that Lincoln's greatness was forged not in spite of his suffering, but because of it. Carnegie illustrates how Lincoln's profound melancholy, failed romances, and years of bitter obscurity ultimately sculpted the empathy and moral resolve that guided a fractured nation through its darkest hour. Written with the same accessible yet insightful prose that defined Carnegie's most celebrated works, this biography leaves the reader asking one haunting question: what other giants walk among us, still unknown?
Author: Dale Carnegie
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Before he became the most iconic president in American history, Abraham Lincoln was a man shrouded in mystery — a backwoods child of poverty, a failed businessman, a heartbroken lover, and a self-taught lawyer who clawed his way from the wilderness of Kentucky to the halls of the White House. Lincoln the Unknown chronicles the deeply human and often overlooked dimensions of Lincoln's life, presenting the sixteenth president not as a marble monument but as a flesh-and-blood man tormented by ambition, grief, and an unrelenting drive to prove himself worthy of the world's respect. Dale Carnegie, celebrated for his mastery of human psychology and persuasion, brings his signature narrative clarity and warmth to this biographical portrait, arguing compellingly that Lincoln's greatness was forged not in spite of his suffering, but because of it. Carnegie illustrates how Lincoln's profound melancholy, failed romances, and years of bitter obscurity ultimately sculpted the empathy and moral resolve that guided a fractured nation through its darkest hour. Written with the same accessible yet insightful prose that defined Carnegie's most celebrated works, this biography leaves the reader asking one haunting question: what other giants walk among us, still unknown?