Author: William Henry HerndonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This work is a biography of Lincoln, written by his law partner and close associate William Herndon.
Herndon's Lincoln
Author: William Henry HerndonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This work is a biography of Lincoln, written by his law partner and close associate William Herndon.
Abraham Lincoln
Author: William Henry HerndonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Story-life of Lincoln
Author: Wayne WhipplePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dummies (Bookselling)
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Herndon's Lincoln
Author: William Henry HerndonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Abraham Lincoln, the true story of a great life
Author: Abraham LincolnTrue Stories about Abraham Lincoln
Author: Ruth Belov GrossPublisher:
ISBN: 9780590438797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Traces the political and personal life of the Civil War president.
Herndon's Lincoln
Author: William H. HerndonPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1605207284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Written only 25 years after his death, this beloved biography of Abraham Lincoln offers something that most other studies of him do not: an intimate portrait constructed from the memories, experiences, and evidence of those who knew him. Lincoln's former law partner WILLIAM HENRY HERNDON (1818-1891) broke new journalistic ground when he insisted, in compiling this charming and insightful work, on gathering input from others who knew Lincoln well. Everything from old correspondence to new interviews Herndon conducted himself with such figures as Mary Todd Lincoln contribute to a personal look at the great man as a man, not as a myth. First published in 1889 across three small volumes, this replica edition collects the complete work into one book that will surprise and delight even those students of history who believe they know everything there is to know about Lincoln.
An American Marriage
Author: Michael BurlingamePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643137352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
An enlightening narrative exploring an oft-overlooked aspect of the sixteenth president's life, An American Marriage reveals the tragic story of Abraham Lincoln’s marriage to Mary Todd. Abraham Lincoln was apparently one of those men who regarded “connubial bliss” as an untenable fantasy. During the Civil War, he pardoned a Union soldier who had deserted the army to return home to wed his sweetheart. As the president signed a document sparing the soldier's life, Lincoln said: “I want to punish the young man—probably in less than a year he will wish I had withheld the pardon.” Based on thirty years of research, An American Marriage describes and analyzes why Lincoln had good reason to regret his marriage to Mary Todd. This revealing narrative shows that, as First Lady, Mary Lincoln accepted bribes and kickbacks, sold permits and pardons, engaged in extortion, and peddled influence. The reader comes to learn that Lincoln wed Mary Todd because, in all likelihood, she seduced him and then insisted that he protect her honor. Perhaps surprisingly, the 5’2” Mrs. Lincoln often physically abused her 6’4” husband, as well as her children and servants; she humiliated her husband in public; she caused him, as president, to fear that she would disgrace him publicly. Unlike her husband, she was not profoundly opposed to slavery and hardly qualifies as the “ardent abolitionist” that some historians have portrayed. While she providid a useful stimulus to his ambition, she often “crushed his spirit,” as his law partner put it. In the end, Lincoln may not have had as successful a presidency as he did—where he showed a preternatural ability to deal with difficult people—if he had not had so much practice at home.
A Scandalous Freedom
Author: Steve BrownPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439188483
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
A reader’s delight, A Scandalous Freedom sometimes shocks with challenges to prevailing wisdom, but it follows up with compelling validations of our need to celebrate real, unstinted freedom in Christ. Christians do not trust freedom. As author Steve Brown explains in this brave new book, they prefer the security of rules and self-imposed boundaries, which they tend to inflict on other Christians. Brown asserts that real freedom means the freedom to be wrong as well as right. Christianity often calls us to live beyond the boundaries, bolstered by the assurance that we cannot fall beyond God’s love. Freedom is dangerous, but the alternative is worse—boxing ourselves up where we cannot celebrate our unique gifts and express our joy in Christ. Each of the book’s eleven chapters explores a common pharisaic, freedom-stifling tendency, then opens the door to the fresh air of a remedial liberty.
Rise to Greatness
Author: David Von DrehlePublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 080507970X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
"Von Drehle has chosen a critical year ('the most eventful year in American history' and the year Lincoln rose to greatness), done his homework, and written a spirited account."N"Publishers Weekly."