Abraham Lincoln: A Life Contributor(s): Burlingame, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801889936 ISBN-13: 9780801889936 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Boxed Set - Other Formats Published: December 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2007052919 |
Physical Information: 5" H x 7.5" W x 10.5" (9.50 lbs) 2008 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Topical - Civil War |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail the crisis over Fort Sumter and Lincoln's own battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also offers new interpretations of Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burlingame, Michael: - 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. |