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The Age of Lincoln

Author : Orville Vernon Burton
Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 1429939559
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Age of Lincoln written by Orville Vernon Burton and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning in its breadth and conclusions, The Age of Lincoln is a fiercely original history of the five decades that pivoted around the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Abolishing slavery, the age's most extraordinary accomplishment, was not its most profound. The enduring legacy of the age of Lincoln was inscribing personal liberty into the nation's millennial aspirations. America has always perceived providence in its progress, but in the 1840s and 1850s pessimism accompanied marked extremism, as Millerites predicted the Second Coming, utopianists planned perfection, Southerners made slavery an inviolable honor, and Northerners conflated Manifest Destiny with free-market opportunity. Even amid historic political compromises the middle ground collapsed. In a remarkable reappraisal of Lincoln, the distinguished historian Orville Vernon Burton shows how the president's authentic Southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right to be expanded to all Americans. In the violent decades to follow, the extent of that freedom would be contested but not its central place in what defined the country. Presenting a fresh conceptualization of the defining decades of modern America, The Age of Lincoln is narrative history of the highest order.

Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

Author : Janet B. Pascal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440688133
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Who Was Abraham Lincoln? written by Janet B. Pascal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-11-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age—literally! (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford’s Theater—the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included.

A House Divided

Author : Eric Foner
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393306125
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book A House Divided written by Eric Foner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In conjunction with a ten-year exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society, beginning January 1990.

A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln

Author : David A. Adler
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1430130369
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln written by David A. Adler and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This presentation of the pertinent facts of the life, times, and importance of the sixteenth president of the United States is a good starting point for children beginning history studies and biographies." - School Library Journal

Angels and Ages

Author : Adam Gopnik
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307271218
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Angels and Ages written by Adam Gopnik and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this captivating double life, Adam Gopnik searches for the men behind the icons of emancipation and evolution. Born by cosmic coincidence on the same day in 1809 and separated by an ocean, Lincoln and Darwin coauthored our sense of history and our understanding of man’s place in the world. Here Gopnik reveals these two men as they really were: family men and social climbers, ambitious manipulators and courageous adventurers, grieving parents and brilliant scholars. Above all we see them as thinkers and writers, making and witnessing the great changes in thought that mark truly modern times.

Lincoln in the Bardo

Author : George Saunders
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 081299535X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln in the Bardo written by George Saunders and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE The “devastatingly moving” (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented Named One of Paste’s Best Novels of the Decade • Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, USA Today, and Maureen Corrigan, NPR • One of Time’s Ten Best Novels of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book • One of O: The Oprah Magazine’s Best Books of the Year February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. “God has called him home.” Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy’s body. From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional state—called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo—a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie’s soul. Lincoln in the Bardo is an astonishing feat of imagination and a bold step forward from one of the most important and influential writers of his generation. Formally daring, generous in spirit, deeply concerned with matters of the heart, it is a testament to fiction’s ability to speak honestly and powerfully to the things that really matter to us. Saunders has invented a thrilling new form that deploys a kaleidoscopic, theatrical panorama of voices to ask a timeless, profound question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end? “A luminous feat of generosity and humanism.”—Colson Whitehead, The New York Times Book Review “A masterpiece.”—Zadie Smith

Age of Lincoln

Author : Orville Vernon Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781437968477
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Age of Lincoln written by Orville Vernon Burton and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original account of the 7 decades, 1830 through 1900, that pivoted around the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Abolishing slavery, the age¿s most extraordinary accomplishment, was not its most profound triumph. The enduring legacy of the Age of Lincoln was inscribing, with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amend., personal liberty into the nation¿s Constitution. Here, Burton argues that the president¿s authentic southernness empowered him to conduct a civil war that redefined freedom as a personal right to be extended to all Americans. Yet even as the anti-democratic policies of Jim Crow began to settle over the land, Lincoln¿s people put their faith in the law and continued to work on redrawing freedom¿s boundaries. Illustrations.

The Age of Lincoln and the Art of American Power, 1848-1876

Author : William Nester
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612346596
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Age of Lincoln and the Art of American Power, 1848-1876 written by William Nester and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the others: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant. In contrast, history sees Abraham Lincoln as a giant in character and deeds. During his presidency, he governed brilliantly, developed the economy, liberated four million people from slavery, reunified the nation, and helped enact the Homestead Act, among other accomplishments. He proved to be not only an outstanding commander in chief but also a skilled diplomat, economist, humanist, educator, and moralist. Lincoln achieved that and more because he was a master of the art of American power. He understood that the struggle for hearts and minds was the essence of politics in a democracy. He asserted power mostly by appealing to peopleÆs hopes rather than their fears. All along he tried to shape rather than reflect prevailing public opinions that differed from his own. To that end, he was brilliant at bridging the gap between progressives and conservatives by reining in the former and urging on the latter. His art of power ultimately reflected his unswerving devotion to the Declaration of IndependenceÆs principles and the ConstitutionÆs institutions, or as he so elegantly expressed it, ôto a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.ö

Age of Exploration

Author : John R. Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Age of Exploration written by John R. Hale and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Age of Reconstruction

Author : Don H. Doyle
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069125611X
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Age of Reconstruction written by Don H. Doyle and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of how Union victory in the American Civil War inspired democratic reforms, revolutions, and emancipation movements in Europe and the Americas The Age of Reconstruction looks beyond post–Civil War America to tell the story of how Union victory and Lincoln’s assassination set off a dramatic international reaction that drove European empires out of the Americas, hastened the end of slavery in Latin America, and ignited a host of democratic reforms in Europe. In this international history of Reconstruction, Don Doyle chronicles the world events inspired by the Civil War. Between 1865 and 1870, France withdrew from Mexico, Russia sold Alaska to the United States, and Britain proclaimed the new state of Canada. British workers demanded more voting rights, Spain toppled Queen Isabella II and ended slavery in its Caribbean colonies, Cubans rose against Spanish rule, France overthrew Napoleon III, and the kingdom of Pope Pius IX fell before the Italian Risorgimento. Some European liberals, including Victor Hugo and Giuseppe Mazzini, even called for a “United States of Europe.” Yet for all its achievements and optimism, this “new birth of freedom” was short-lived. By the 1890s, Reconstruction had been undone in the United States and abroad and America had become an exclusionary democracy based on white supremacy—and a very different kind of model to the world. At home and abroad, America’s Reconstruction was, as W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “the greatest and most important step toward world democracy of all men of all races ever taken in the modern world.” The Age of Reconstruction is a bracing history of a remarkable period when democracy, having survived the great test of the Civil War, was ascendant around the Atlantic world.

Lincoln

Author : Orville Evjen
Publisher : Go to Publish
ISBN 13 : 9781647495558
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln written by Orville Evjen and published by Go to Publish. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This graphic novel is based early life of Abraham Lincoln from his childhood to winning the Presidency of the United States. From an early age, Lincoln loved reading and he loved reading about history. His favorite President was George Washington, our first President. Lincoln's rocky childhood and his relationship with his father are some points I emphasized in this book. Along with his religious views, Abe Lincoln had very strong views on his dislike for slavery. He spent his adult life as a lawyer fighting for the rights of others. This book also focuses on the hidden world that we never see, the spiritual world. Throughout his life Abe had a war going on around him. Through his struggle with love and family, his battle with melancholy was his most difficult. Using the realm of the supernatural is one way this book deals with his struggles. In the end, these struggles made Abe stronger for the hard years to come during the civil war. Losing his mother, sister, and then his best friend Ann Rutledge was the beginning of his dark days. But his strong will to live and his love of life pulled him through. Everywhere Abe went he was well-liked and he loved to tell funny tales. The book ends with Abe becoming the 16th President of the United States. This sets the stage for book 2 of Lincoln. Orville Evjen was born in 1974 and grew up in western South Dakota on a farm and ranch until the age of 18, then moved to North Dakota. He loves to read comics and watch cartoons, which is why illustrating is so attractive to him. His favorite subject is history, also nonfiction, but fantasy catches his eye as well. His Great Grandmother on his mother's side, (who is Native American) often spoke of ghost stories which began his curiosity for fantasy and storytelling.

Lincoln for the Ages

Author : Ralph Geoffrey Newman
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Lincoln for the Ages written by Ralph Geoffrey Newman and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday. This book was released on 1960 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report on the Lincoln story by more than seventy persons, including poets, lawyers, editors, journalists, historians, etc., showing the Lincoln status at the close of his one hundred and fiftieth year.

The Essential Lincoln

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780809043071
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Lincoln written by Abraham Lincoln and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents selections of speeches, public and private correspondence, and personal notations by Abraham Lincoln.

A House Divided

Author : Eric Foner
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393027556
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book A House Divided written by Eric Foner and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses the impact of the Civil War

Now They Belong to the Ages

Author : Susan Krause
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Now They Belong to the Ages written by Susan Krause and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The papers of Abraham Lincoln is a project of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, co-sponsored by the University of Illinois at Springfield. funding for Series I: Legalpapers provided by Abraham Lincoln Association, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, National Endowment for the Humanities, Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation. funding for SeriesII: Illinois Papers and Series III: Presidential papers provided by National Endowment for the Humanities"--Page 2 of cover.

The House Divides

Author : Paul Iselin Wellman
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House Divides written by Paul Iselin Wellman and published by Garden City, N.Y : Doubleday. This book was released on 1966 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Age Of Jackson And Lincoln, From The War Of 1812 To The Civil War.

The Last Best Hope of Earth

Author : Mark E. Neely
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Last Best Hope of Earth written by Mark E. Neely and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on new scholarship, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian vividly recaptures Abraham Lincoln's life and politics. Written with attention to the age in which Lincoln lived yet alert to universal moral questions, this is a portrait of Lincoln as an extraordinary man in his own time and ours. 100 illus.