A. Lincoln
Subtitle: a biography
By: Ronald C. White, Jr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House Pub. Group; Random House
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 796
ISBN-13: 9781400064991
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Abraham Lincoln
Description: Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name "A. Lincoln." In his lifetime and ever since, friend and foe have taken it upon themselves to characterize Lincoln according to their own label or libel. In this magnificent book, Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh and compelling definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity -- what today's commentators would call "authenticity" -- whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous research of the newly completed Lincoln Legal Papers, as well as of recently discovered letters and photographs, White provides a portrait of Lincoln's personal, political, and moral evolution. A transcendent, sweeping, passionately written volume that expands our knowledge and understanding of its subject, A. Lincoln will engage a whole new generation of Americans. - Back cover.

Lincoln scholar Ronald C. White, Jr., describes Lincoln as a man of integrity whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.