All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, Voll III, 1856-1863
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2019-09-10

Volume III of Sidney Blumenthal’s biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, brings the prairie lawyer out of his wilderness into the presidency. Lincoln rises from defeat and obscurity to become the Commander-in-Chief who strikes down slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation. A book signing follows the program.