The Two American Presidents: A Dual Biography of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
by By Chadwick, Bruce
Category: Biography & Autobiography , Historical

In mostly alternating chapters, historian and journalist Chadwick juxtaposes the two men's paths to leadership, work as legislators, and their abilities as commanders-in-chief. He finds one factor in the outcome of the war to be the difference between a flexible Lincoln who could build coalitions among warring political factions, and the uncompromising Davis who could not. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.