Jervy cruz biography of abraham lincoln book

Lists It Appears On:. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union—in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen. Throughout the turbulent s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war.

Abraham Lincoln remains one of the most revered figures in American history, celebrated for his leadership during the Civil War and abolishing slavery.

That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires.

This Book, a publishing event of the first magnitude, will become the standard one-volume life of Lincoln for a generation to come. In the intervening thirty-five years, experts have examined many phases of the Great Emancipator. But none has drawn off to catch the whole man, Benjamin P. Thomas has done. We see Lincoln as a boy: not the dutiful son studying by firelight, but the stubborn rebel determined to make something of himself.

We see him as a young man: not the ascendant statesman, but the canny local politician who was renowned for his talents in wrestling and storytelling as well as for his extensive store of off-color jokes.

Lincoln is the one US president about whom the most books have been written.

By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.

Written by a native of England and originally published in , this biography is a rare blend of beautiful prose and profound historical insight. From acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan comes an illuminating look at the life of Abraham Lincoln that chronicles his genius with language. Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health from the time he was a young man.