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Summary: Jon Meacham chronicles the life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln and explores why and how Lincoln confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery in order to expand the possibilities of America. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier in 1809 to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination at Ford's Theater on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LINMeacham, Jon
Summary: "A president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Abraham Lincoln was president when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions inextricably bound up with money, power, race, identity, and faith. He was hated and hailed, excoriated and revered. In Lincoln we can see the possibilities of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM MEACopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LINCOLN MEAMeacham, Jon
Summary: Examines life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln and how he navigated the crises of slavery, secession, and war by marshaling the power of the presidency while recognizing its limitations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 LINKendrick, Paul
Summary: Describes how Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass set the groundwork in three historic meetings to abolish slavery in the United States, despite their differing perspectives on the war and the institution of slavery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 KENGoodwin, Doris Kearns.
Summary: An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the character strengths and abilities that enabled his successful election, in an account that also describes how he used the same abilities to rally former opponents in winning the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINGoodwin, Doris Kearns.
Summary: When the 1860 Republican National Convention chose Abraham Lincoln over three seasoned politicians, his rivals were shocked and humilated. Lincoln immediately went about mending fences by inviting them to join his cabinet. Historian Doris Kearns Godwin reveals how Lincoln brilliantly converted former political foes and used them to strengthen his presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 GoodwGoodwin, Doris Kearns.
Summary: This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM GOOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LinOakes, James.
Summary: This is a book about two towering figures in our nation's history. It is a moving story about an improbable friendship, and an important story about an equally improbable alliance. [In the book, the author] has written a ... narrative history. He brings these two iconic figures to life and sheds new light on the central issues of slavery, race, and equality in Civil War America. -Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7114 OAKSummary: A three-part documentary event. Abraham Lincoln is a definitive biography of the 16th president, the man who led the country during its greatest crisis. Featuring over seven hours of compelling live-action scripted scenes, interviews with esteemed historians and public figures including President Barack Obama as well as archival materials, and segments acknowledging the invaluable influence of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ABRMcPherson, James M.
Summary: Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM MCPMcGovern, George S. (George Stanley)
Summary: Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president--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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM MCGWhite, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric)
Summary: Lincoln scholar Ronald C. White, Jr., offers a fresh 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM WhiteMcPherson, James M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.7092 MCPBrookhiser, Richard.
Summary: In Founders’ Son, celebrated historian Richard Brookhiser presents a compelling new biography of Abraham Lincoln that highlights his lifelong struggle to carry on the work of the Founding Fathers. Following Lincoln from his humble origins in Kentucky to his assassination in Washington, D.C., Brookhiser shows us every side of the man: laborer, lawyer, congressman, president; storyteller, wit,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM BROMcPherson, James M.
Summary: Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008