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Lincoln: His Words and His World
Primarily a book of Lincoln's words with excerpts from his speeches, letters, and additional writings.
94 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1965
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Abraham Lincoln
2,361 books1,965 followersAbraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States from 1861, led during the Civil War, and emancipated slaves in the south in 1863; shortly after the end, John Wilkes Booth assassinated him.
Abraham Lincoln, an American lawyer, politician, and man, served until 1865. Lincoln defended the American constitutional nation, defeated the insurgent Confederacy, abolished, expanded the power of the Federal government, and modernized the economy.
A mother bore him into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky, and parents reared on the frontier, primarily in Indiana. He educated as a lawyer in Whig party, joined legislature, and represented Illinois. In 1849, he returned to his successful law practice in Springfield, Illinois.
The Kansas–Nebraska act in 1854 opened the territories, angered him, and caused him to re-enter politics. He quickly joined the new Republican Party. He reached a national audience in the campaign debates against Stephen Arnold Douglas for Senate in 1858. Lincoln ran in 1860 and swept the north to gain victory. Other elements viewed his election as a threat and from the nation began seceding. During this time, the newly formed Confederate of America began seizing Federal military bases. A little over one month after Lincoln assumed, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Following the bombardment, Lincoln mobilized forces to suppress the rebellion and restored.
Lincoln, a moderate, navigated a contentious array of factions with friends and opponents from the Democratic Party and Republican Party. His allies, the Democrats, and the radical Republicans, demanded harsh treatment of the Confederates. He exploited mutual enmity of the factions, carefully distributing political patronage, and appealed to the American people. Democrats, called "Copperheads," despised Lincoln, and some irreconcilable pro-Confederate elements went so far as to plot. People came to see his greatest address at Gettysburg as a most influential statement of American national purpose. Lincoln closely supervised the strategy and tactics in the effort, including the selection of generals, and implemented a naval blockade of the trade. He suspended habeas corpus in Maryland and elsewhere, and averted British intervention by defusing the Trent Affair. He issued the proclamation, which declared free those "in rebellion." It also directed the Navy to "recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons" and to receive them "into the armed service." Lincoln pressured border to outlaw, and he promoted the thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished, except as punishment for a crime.
Lincoln managed his own successful re-election campaign. He sought to heal the torn nation through reconciliation. On April 14, 1865, just five days after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, he attended a play at theater of Ford in Washington, District of Columbia, with Mary Todd Lincoln, his wife, when Confederate sympathizer fatally shot him. People remember Lincoln as a martyr and a national hero for his time and for his efforts to preserve and abolish. Popular and scholarly polls often rank Lincoln as the greatest president in American history.
Abraham Lincoln, an American lawyer, politician, and man, served until 1865. Lincoln defended the American constitutional nation, defeated the insurgent Confederacy, abolished, expanded the power of the Federal government, and modernized the economy.
A mother bore him into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky, and parents reared on the frontier, primarily in Indiana. He educated as a lawyer in Whig party, joined legislature, and represented Illinois. In 1849, he returned to his successful law practice in Springfield, Illinois.
The Kansas–Nebraska act in 1854 opened the territories, angered him, and caused him to re-enter politics. He quickly joined the new Republican Party. He reached a national audience in the campaign debates against Stephen Arnold Douglas for Senate in 1858. Lincoln ran in 1860 and swept the north to gain victory. Other elements viewed his election as a threat and from the nation began seceding. During this time, the newly formed Confederate of America began seizing Federal military bases. A little over one month after Lincoln assumed, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Following the bombardment, Lincoln mobilized forces to suppress the rebellion and restored.
Lincoln, a moderate, navigated a contentious array of factions with friends and opponents from the Democratic Party and Republican Party. His allies, the Democrats, and the radical Republicans, demanded harsh treatment of the Confederates. He exploited mutual enmity of the factions, carefully distributing political patronage, and appealed to the American people. Democrats, called "Copperheads," despised Lincoln, and some irreconcilable pro-Confederate elements went so far as to plot. People came to see his greatest address at Gettysburg as a most influential statement of American national purpose. Lincoln closely supervised the strategy and tactics in the effort, including the selection of generals, and implemented a naval blockade of the trade. He suspended habeas corpus in Maryland and elsewhere, and averted British intervention by defusing the Trent Affair. He issued the proclamation, which declared free those "in rebellion." It also directed the Navy to "recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons" and to receive them "into the armed service." Lincoln pressured border to outlaw, and he promoted the thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished, except as punishment for a crime.
Lincoln managed his own successful re-election campaign. He sought to heal the torn nation through reconciliation. On April 14, 1865, just five days after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, he attended a play at theater of Ford in Washington, District of Columbia, with Mary Todd Lincoln, his wife, when Confederate sympathizer fatally shot him. People remember Lincoln as a martyr and a national hero for his time and for his efforts to preserve and abolish. Popular and scholarly polls often rank Lincoln as the greatest president in American history.
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November 23, 2023
This book was an amazing find, and one I plan to keep for the rest of my life and proudly put on display when/if I have an actual home library again! I genuinely wish I could find a book like this on every President we have had.
Despite its appearance as a hard, thin book suggesting it may be just a simple biography or even a children's tale on Lincoln, this book is definitely not for kids. It can be hard read at times, but is SO completely well worth the journey! Sprinkled throughout these worn pages are actual words from one of the most revered Presidents of our history, snippets, and sometimes entire passages, collected from his original Presidential debate speeches against Douglas, speeches given throughout the war, speeches intended to bolster morale and to reassure those who had lost loved ones in the war. The book is filled with direct quotes, and there is even a snippet of a letter written to Mary Todd. There are mentions of his sons, of friends, and of Lincoln's own experiences, both before and during his Presidency.
The book is also sprinkled throughout with photographs, many antique, having been taken during Lincoln's lifetime and immediately following his death. Never before have I had the pleasure of reading anything that so thoroughly breathed life into a President long gone, but never forgotten.
Again, I truly wish they would create a book like this for every one of our Presidents!
Despite its appearance as a hard, thin book suggesting it may be just a simple biography or even a children's tale on Lincoln, this book is definitely not for kids. It can be hard read at times, but is SO completely well worth the journey! Sprinkled throughout these worn pages are actual words from one of the most revered Presidents of our history, snippets, and sometimes entire passages, collected from his original Presidential debate speeches against Douglas, speeches given throughout the war, speeches intended to bolster morale and to reassure those who had lost loved ones in the war. The book is filled with direct quotes, and there is even a snippet of a letter written to Mary Todd. There are mentions of his sons, of friends, and of Lincoln's own experiences, both before and during his Presidency.
The book is also sprinkled throughout with photographs, many antique, having been taken during Lincoln's lifetime and immediately following his death. Never before have I had the pleasure of reading anything that so thoroughly breathed life into a President long gone, but never forgotten.
Again, I truly wish they would create a book like this for every one of our Presidents!
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