Founders' son
Subtitle: a life of Abraham Lincoln
By: Richard Brookhiser
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780465032945
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Biography
Other titles: Life of Abraham Lincoln
Description: Argues that the sixteenth president of the United States was inspired by the Founding Fathers of the nation and struggled to carry on their work throughout his career.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1809-1830: youth; title: George Washington and liberty; title: 1830-1840: manhood; title: Thomas Paine, laughter, and reason; title: 1840-1852: maturity; title: Henry Clay and the Fourth of July; title: 1854: the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; title: 1855-1858: running for senate; title: 1859-1860: running for president; title: Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. The towering genius (I); title: The election of 1860. The towering genius (II); title: 1861-1863: war, emancipation; title: Preamble to the Constitution; title: 1864-1865: war, death; title: God the father; title: 1865: victory. The towering genius (III); title: Epilogue: One old man.