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The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865
Times Books
January 2009
On Sale: December 23, 2008
Featuring: Abraham Lincoln
208 pages
ISBN: 0805083456
EAN: 9780805083453
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
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 War Abraham 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 himself
sought the office of president and contemplated the awesome
responsibilities that come with it. George S. McGovern—a Midwesterner, former U.S. senator,
presidential candidate, veteran, and historian by
training—offers his unique insight into our sixteenth
president. He 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 all of his successors
are measured.
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