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Burlingame, Michael, 1941-

Abraham Lincoln : a life / Michael Burlingame. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. - 2 v., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 26 cm., in slipcase 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America's greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce current understanding of America's sixteenth president. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's presidency and the trials of the Civil War. He supplies fascinating details on the crisis over Fort Sumter and the relentless office seekers who plagued Lincoln. He introduces readers to the president's battles with hostile newspaper editors and his quarrels with incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also interprets Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in 1862, and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war.


ISBN: 9781421410586 0801889936 (acidfree paper)

LCCN: 2007052919

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8A9592 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014754366 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--United States--Biography.

LC Class. No.: E457 / .B95 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7092 B