Abraham Lincoln
By: George McGovern.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The American presidents
Publisher: Times Books/Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780805083453
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Genres: Biography
Description: Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president--the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young republic collapsed of its own contradictions and a new birth of freedom, sanctified by blood, created the United States we know today. His story has been told many times, but never by a man who himself sought the office of president and contemplated its awesome responsibilities. George S. McGovern--Midwesterner, former U.S. senator, presidential candidate, veteran, and historian by training-- shows how Lincoln sometimes went astray, particularly in his restrictions on civil liberties, but also how he adjusted his sights and transformed the Civil War from a political dispute to a moral crusade. McGovern's account reminds us why we hold Lincoln in such esteem and why he remains the standard by which his successors are measured.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index.
Table of contents: title: Editor's note; title: Prologue: The greatness of Lincoln; title: Humble beginnings; title: Making of a statesman; title: Lincoln and the union; title: Lincoln and the emancipation; title: Lincoln and total war; title: Politics in wartime; title: Rising above the fray: second term; title: Victory and death; title: Epilogue: The nation Lincoln made; title: Notes; title: Milestones; title: Selected bibliography; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index