Abraham Lincoln: A Life

English

Series: Penguin Lives Ser.

ISBN: 1440650020

EAN: 9781440650024

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads Of State/Biography & Autobiography / General/

Publisher: Penguin

Release Date: 12/30/2002

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: The ideal concise biography of an American icon- now available in paperback for the bicentennial of his birth

The self -mad e man from a log cabin, the great orator, the Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, the martyr-Lincoln's story is at the very heart of American history. But who was he, really? In this outstanding biography, award-winning author Thomas Keneally follows Lincoln from his impoverished birth through his education and presidency. From the development of his political philosophy to his troubled family life and his actions during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln is an incisive study of a turning point in our history and a revealing portrait of a pivotal figure.

Abraham Lincoln: A Life

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - EPUB

Pages: 192