DOC Abraham Lincoln; a Man of Faith and Courage: Stories of Our Most Admired President by Joe Wheeler in History

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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. But through it all―his difficult childhood; his contentious political career; a fratricidal war; and tragic personal losses―Lincoln preserved a keen sense of humor and acquired a psychological maturity that proved to be the North’s most valuable asset in winning the Civil War. Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth; this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before.