Sidney Blumenthal
Author
Series
Political life of Abraham Lincoln volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The first of a multi-volume history of Lincoln as a political genius--from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction. This first volume traces Lincoln from his painful youth, describing himself as 'a slave', to his emergence as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln. From his youth as a 'newsboy', a voracious newspaper reader, Lincoln became a free thinker, reading Tom...
Author
Series
Political life of Abraham Lincoln volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"After a period of depression that he would ever find his way to greatness, Lincoln takes on the most powerful demagogue in the country, Stephen Douglas, in the debates for a senate seat. He sidelines the frontrunner William Seward, a former governor and senator for New York, to cinch the new Republican Party's nomination. All the Powers of Earth is the political story of all time. Lincoln achieves the presidency by force of strategy, of political...
Author
Series
Political life of Abraham Lincoln volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Volume II of Sidney Blumenthal's acclaimed, landmark biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, reveals the future president's genius during the most decisive period of his political life when he seizes the moment, finds his voice, and helps create a new political party. In 1849, Abraham Lincoln seems condemned to political isolation and defeat. His Whig Party is broken in the 1852 election, and disintegrates. His perennial rival, Stephen Douglas,...