-
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Winner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0743270754
- ASIN: 0743270754
- ISBN: 0743270754
- Brand: Simon & Schuster
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
-
The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)
The most eloquent of American presidents, Lincoln seemed to have a comment — sagacious or humorous — on just about anything that mattered. This concise compendium offers his astute observations on a variety of subjects—from women to warfare. Nearly 400 quotations include such thought-provoking and memorable remarks as:Bad promises are better broken than kept.Marriage is neither heaven nor hell; it is simply purgatory.Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.Quotations are arranged chronologically within such topics as family an... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0486440974
- UPC: 800759440979
- ASIN: 0486440974
- ISBN: 0486440974
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
-
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)
As the day for Lincoln's second inauguration drew near, Americans wondered what their sixteenth president would say about the Civil War. Would Lincoln guide the nation toward “Reconstruction”? What about the slaves? They had been emancipated, but what about the matter of suffrage?When Lincoln finally stood before his fellow countrymen on March 4, 1865, and had only 703 words to share, the American public was stunned. The President had not offered the North a victory speech, nor did he excoriate the South for the sin of slavery. Instead, he called the whole country guilty of the sin and ple... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0743299620
- ASIN: 0743299620
- ISBN: 0743299620
- Brand: White, Ronald C., Jr.
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
-
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary WarMost Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom. But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician who waged the bloodiest war in american history in order to build an empire that rivaled Great Bri... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0761526463
- ASIN: 0761526463
- ISBN: 0761526463
- Brand: Dilorenzo, Thomas J.
- Manufacturer: Crown Forum
-
I am Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ordinary People Change the World)
We can all be heroes. That’s the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer. Even as a child, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shocked by the terrible and unfair way African-American people were treated. When he grew up, he decided to do something about it—peacefully, with powerful words. He helped gather people together for nonviolent protests and marches, and he always spoke up about loving other human beings and doing what’s right. He spoke about the dream of a kinder future, and bravely led the way toward r... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0525428526
- ASIN: 0525428526
- ISBN: 0525428526
- Brand: WaterBrook Press
- Manufacturer: Dial Books
-
Abraham Lincoln
In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America’s greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce our current understanding of America’s sixteenth president. Volume 1 covers Lincoln’s early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition... [Read More]
- ASIN: B00BPSHP72
- ASIN: B00BPSHP72
- Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press
-
A. Lincoln: A Biography
“If you read one book about Lincoln, make it A. Lincoln.”—USA TodayNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARDEveryone 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... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0812975707
- ASIN: 0812975707
- ISBN: 9780812975703
- Brand: Random House Trade
- Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
-
Abraham Lincoln (The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865)
America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil WarAbraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president―the icon of greatness, 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 himse... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0805083456
- ASIN: 0805083456
- ISBN: 9780805083453
- Brand: Times Books
- Manufacturer: Times Books
-
Malice Toward None: Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Jack E. Levin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of George Washington: The Crossing, presents a beautifully designed chronicle—complete with maps, portraits, and other Civil War illustrations—detailing President Abraham Lincoln’s historic Second Inaugural Address.As humble and faithful as the president who delivered it, Lincoln’s landmark Second Inaugural Address still resonates today. The speech was an attempt to unite a fractured people in a time when our nation was at its most divided, nearing the end of the Civil War. As you navigate this beautiful book, you’ll start to unders... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1476784264
- UPC: 884480481418
- ASIN: 1476784264
- ISBN: 1476784264
- Manufacturer: Threshold Editions
-
American Civil War: A History From Beginning to End (Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Confederacy, Emancipation Proclamation, Battle of Gettysburg)
☆☆☆ American Civil War ☆☆☆Beginning with the birth of the nation, slavery divided and caused conflict for the United States of America, worsening during the country’s early decades as the practice became more economically vital. Finally, in 1861, the American Civil War erupted after the election of President Abraham Lincoln. Never acknowledging the South’s right to secede, Lincoln and the North fought the South through four long, bloody, destructive years; much longer than anyone thought the war would last. Inside you will read about...✓ America in the Antebellum Era✓ Seces... [Read More]
- ASIN: B01HBYNPIG
- ASIN: B01HBYNPIG
-
The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
Perhaps the greatest speech in American history--certainly the best-known--is beautifully typeset, designed and augmented in this slim, affordable volume. Though only 272 words and three minutes in duration when read aloud, Lincoln's legendary speech still resonates as one of the world's great statements of freedom, democracy and human equality, and has long been a cornerstone in the political discourse of tolerance. In this book, the text of the speech is featured alongside Abraham Byers' ambrotype portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1858) and the Gettysburg battlefield glass negative photograph "Ha... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1938922476
- ASIN: 1938922476
- ISBN: 1938922476
- Manufacturer: T. Adler Books
-
The Greatest Speech, Ever
Gives the full story behind President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Original.
- ASIN: 1933909927
- ASIN: 1933909927
- ISBN: 1933909927
- Manufacturer: History Pub Co Llc
-
Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe
What if you were told that the revered leader Abraham Lincoln was actually a political tyrant who stifled his opponents by suppressing their civil rights? What if you learned that the man so affectionately referred to as the “Great Emancipator” supported white supremacy and pledged not to interfere with slavery in the South? Would you suddenly start to question everything you thought you knew about Lincoln and his presidency?You should.Thomas J. DiLorenzo, who ignited a fierce debate about Lincoln’s legacy with his book The Real Lincoln, now presents a litany of stunning new revelations ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0307338428
- ASIN: 0307338428
- ISBN: 0307338428
- Manufacturer: Crown Forum
-
A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
A New Birth of Freedom is the culmination of over a half a century of study and reflection by one of America's foremost scholars of American politics, Harry V. Jaffa. This long-awaited sequel to Crisis of the House Divided, first published in 1959, continues Jaffa's piercing examination of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln and the themes of self-government, equality, and statesmanship. Whereas Crisis of the House Divided focused on the famous senate campaign debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, this volume expands and deepens Jaffa's analysis of American political thought, and g... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0847699528
- ASIN: 0847699528
- ISBN: 0847699528
- Brand: Brand: Rowman n Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
- Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
-
Killing Lincoln/Killing Kennedy (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
The ultimate collection of history that reads like a thriller from mega-bestselling author, Bill O'Reilly Millions of readers have discovered the thrill of history come to life in the instant bestsellers, Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy, from New York Times bestselling author and iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly. Now you can experience both of the vivid and remarkable accounts of the assassinations that changed America's history in a dual hardcover boxed set. Relive the last days of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy—two presidents living in different eras, yet tied b... [Read More]
- ASIN: B00F1R9ACQ
- ASIN: B00F1R9ACQ
- Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.
-
Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings : A Library of America Paperback Classic
"The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 and Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1858-1865, volumes #45 and #46 in the Library of America series. They are joined
- UPC: 10976678
-
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln is a collection of Lincoln's most celebrated speeches, including the Gettysburg Address, his Cooper Union speech, and
- UPC: 53177232
-
Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865
No man since Washington has become to Americans so familiar or so beloved a figure as Abraham Lincoln. He is to them the representative and typical American, the man who best embodies the political ideals
- UPC: 53205978
-
Abraham Lincoln : Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as
- UPC: 331973406
-
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 - eBook
According to the Introduction: "No man since Washington has become to Americans so familiar or so beloved a figure as Abraham Lincoln. He is to them the representative and typical American, the man who best
- UPC: 707307554
-
Abraham Lincoln : The Gettysburg Speech and Other Papers
Old as history is, and manifold as are its tragedies, I doubt if any death has caused so much pain to mankind as this has caused, or will cause, on its announcement; and this, not
- UPC: 8215104
-
Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin - eBook
"I wrote the life of Lincoln which elected him," remarked William Dean Howells to Mark Twain in 1876. Howells had just contracted for a campaign biography of Rutherford B. Hayes and was humorously recalling the
- UPC: 151387078
-
Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856: A Souvenir of the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, at the W
Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856: A Souvenir of the Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York, at the
- UPC: 340473503
-
Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856: A Souvenir Of The Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner Of The Republican Club Of The City Of New York, At The W
Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856: A Souvenir Of The Eleventh Annual Lincoln Dinner Of The Republican Club Of The City Of New York, At The
- UPC: 971717433
-
Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln : Early Speeches, 1832-1856
Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln
- UPC: 800062849
Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg speech (Jeff Daniels)
The Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln 1863
Abraham Lincoln - House Divided Speech - Hear the Full Text - 1858
© 10Toply.com - all rights reserved - Sitemap 10Toply.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com