Bibliograph

Founders' son, a life of Abraham Lincoln, Richard Brookhiser

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Founders' son, a life of Abraham Lincoln, Richard Brookhiser

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Founders' son

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

890980958

Responsibility statement

Richard Brookhiser

Sub title

a life of Abraham Lincoln

Summary

Abraham Lincoln grew up in the long shadow of the Founding Fathers. Seeking an intellectual and emotional replacement for his own taciturn father, Lincoln turned to the great men of the founding?Washington, Paine, Jefferson?and their great documents?the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution?for knowledge, guidance, inspiration, and purpose. Out of the power vacuum created by their passing, Lincoln emerged from among his peers as the true inheritor of the Founders? mantle, bringing their vision to bear on the Civil War and the question of slavery. In -- Founders? Son

Table Of Contents

1809-1830: youth -- George Washington and liberty -- 1830-1840: manhood -- Thomas Paine, laughter, and reason -- 1840-1852: maturity -- Henry Clay and the Fourth of July -- 1854: the repeal of the Missouri Compromise -- 1855-1858: running for senate -- 1859-1860: running for president -- Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. The towering genius (I) -- The election of 1860. The towering genius (II) -- 1861-1863: war, emancipation -- Preamble to the Constitution -- 1864-1865: war, death -- God the father -- 1865: victory. The towering genius (III) -- Epilogue: One old man

Target audience

adult

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Contributor