Abraham Lincoln: A Life (Paperback)

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 current understanding of America’s sixteenth president.

In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln’s presidency and the trials of the Civil War. He supplies fascinating details on the crisis over Fort Sumter and the relentless office seekers who plagued Lincoln. He introduces readers to the president’s battles with hostile newspaper editors and his quarrels with incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also interprets Lincoln’s private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in 1862, and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war.

Michael Burlingame is Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. He is the author or editor of several books about Lincoln, including Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks, published by Johns Hopkins, and The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln.

Author:

Burlingame, Michael

Genre:

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State

Audience:

General/trade

Number Within Set:

2

Edition Detail:

Reprint

Format:

Paperback

Pages:

1034

Language:

English

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Publish Date:

03/11/2013

Copyright Year:

2013

ISBN:

9781421410586

Height:

10.25 in

Wdth:

6.75 in

Thickness:

2.0 in

Unit weight:

3.65 lb