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Abraham Lincoln by James M. McPherson audiobook

Abraham Lincoln: A Presidential Life

By James M. McPherson
Read by John McDonough

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1.94 Hours • Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9781664496316

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tried by War, James M. McPherson is acclaimed as the greatest living Civil War historian. In this compelling biography, McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days to his turbulent years in the White House. This concise yet comprehensive account reveals why Lincoln still remains a quintessential American icon.

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Summary

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tried by War, James M. McPherson is acclaimed as the greatest living Civil War historian. In this compelling biography, McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days to his turbulent years in the White House. This concise yet comprehensive account reveals why Lincoln still remains a quintessential American icon.

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Editorial Reviews

“Marking the two-hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this marvelous short biography by a leading historian offers an illuminating portrait of one of the giants in the American story.” —Amazon.com, editorial review
“Pulitzer Prize–winning historian McPherson contributes to the slew of Lincoln biennial books with this succinct biography…Delivers gracefully on McPherson’s promise to capture ‘the essential events and meaning of Lincoln’s life without oversimplification or overgeneralization.’” —Publishers Weekly
“John McDonough’s magisterial narration gives listeners a sense of the remarkable life and shocking death of the nation’s greatest president…Lincoln’s rise to national power, his melancholy, his marriage, his ambition, his trials as a war leader and manager of a Cabinet of immense egos are detailed, and his place in history is affirmed in this eloquent audiobook.” —AudioFile
“This little book is bigger than its pages and should be in every library, schoolhouse, and home as a bicentennial birthday present to ourselves to remind us why Lincoln does indeed ‘belong to the ages.’” —Library Journal

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Author Bio: James M. McPherson

Author Bio: James M. McPherson

James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis ‘86 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. America’s leading historian of the Civil War, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, which was a New York Times bestseller, and the Lincoln Prize for For Cause and Comrades.

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Available Formats : CD
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Runtime: 1.94
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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