Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography

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In Abraham Lincoln and Civil War The usa, historian William Gienapp provides a remarkably concise, up-to-date, and vibrant biography of the most revered figure in United States history. At the same time as the heart of the book makes a speciality of the Civil War, Gienapp begins with a finely etched portrait of Lincoln’s early life, from pioneer farm boy to politician and lawyer in Springfield, to his stunning election as sixteenth president of the USA. Students will see how Lincoln grew all the way through his years in administrative center, how he developed a keen aptitude for military strategy and displayed enormous skill in dealing with his generals, and how his war strategy evolved from a desire to preserve the Union to emancipation and total war.
Gienapp shows how Lincoln’s early years influenced his skills as commander-in-chief and demonstrates that, during the stresses of the war years, Lincoln’s basic character shone through: his good will and fundamental decency, his remarkable self-confidence matched with genuine humility, his immunity to the passions and hatreds the war spawned, his atypical patience, and his timeless devotion.
A former backwoodsman and country lawyer, Abraham Lincoln rose to grow to be considered one of our greatest presidents. This biography offers a vivid account of Lincoln’s dramatic ascension to the pinnacle of American history.

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