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The ideal concise biography of an American icon- now available in paperback for the bicentennial of his birth The self -mad e man from a log cabin, the great orator, the Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, the martyr-Lincoln's story is at the very heart of American history. But who was he, really? In this outstanding biography, award-winning author Thomas Keneally follows Lincoln from his impoverished birth through his education and presidency. From the development of his political philosophy to his troubled family life and his actions during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln is an incisive study of a turning point in our history and a revealing portrait of a pivotal figure.
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aKeneallyas excellent brief biography benefits from the compression and from the dramatic value of crisp wording and sharpness of detail.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
"Keneally''s excellent brief biography benefits from the compression and from the dramatic value of crisp wording and sharpness of detail."
-"The New York Times Book Review"
"Keneally's excellent brief biography benefits from the compression and from the dramatic value of crisp wording and sharpness of detail."
-The New York Times Book Review
About the Author:
a"The New York Times Book Review"
"Keneally''s excellent brief biography benefits from the compression and from the dramatic value of crisp wording and sharpness of detail."
-"The New York Times Book Review"
"Keneally's excellent brief biography benefits from the compression and from the dramatic value of crisp wording and sharpness of detail."
-The New York Times Book Review
Thomas Keneally has won international acclaim for his novels Schindler's Ark, Confederates, Gossip from the Forest, Playmaker, Woman of the Inner Sea, and A River Town. He is most recently the author of the biography American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles.
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- PublisherChivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0754072142
- ISBN 13 9780754072140
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages279
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