Abraham Lincoln (eBook)

Lord Charnwood (Autor)

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2012
512 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-14476-4 (ISBN)

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The stranger-than-fiction story of a self-taught backwoods lawyer's transformation into the savior of a nation. Well-researched, engaging biography, written in 1917 by an Englishman, was one of the first major works on Lincoln.

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As preserver of the Union and emancipator of the slaves, Lincoln occupies a unique niche in the pantheon of American leaders. People from around the world admire his eloquence as a spokesman for democracy and fighter for the oppressed. In this landmark biography, published fifty years after Lincoln's death, an English author recounted for his countrymen the remarkable story of Lincoln's life. Lord Charnwood's comprehensive biography, among the first major books about the sixteenth president, presents a sensitive and literate portrait, tracing Lincoln's rise from humble origins to the highest office in the land and recapturing the profound humanity of his character. From the grinding poverty of his boyhood in the backwoods of Kentucky and Indiana and his early struggles as a prairie lawyer, the author charts Lincoln's elevation to the Illinois legislature, Congress, and the presidency, culminating in his role as commander in chief during the bloodiest struggles in American history. Beautifully written, this unabridged edition also offers profound historical insights into the factors contributing to the Civil War, including economic and political conditions, territorial expansion, foreign and domestic policies, and slavery. This splendid profile of an epic figure whose relevance endures and grows with the passage of time is essential reading for admirers of Lincoln, students and scholars of American history, and anyone who appreciates a well-written, engrossing biography.

Inhalt

GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACEI. BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN II. THE GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN NATION 1. The Formation of a National Government 2. Territorial Expansion 3. The Growth of the Practice and Traditions of the Union Government4. The Missouri Compromise 5. Leaders, Parties, and Tendencies in Lincoln's 6. Slavery and Southern Society 7. Intellectual Development III. LINCOLN'S EARLY CAREER 1. Life at New Salem 2. In the Illinois Legislature3. Marriage IV. LINCOLN IN CONGRESS AND IN RETIREMENT 1. The Mexican War and Lincoln's Work 2. California and the Compromise of 1850 3. Lincoln in Retirement 4. The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise log V. THE RISE OF LINCOLN 1. Lincoln's Return to Public Life 2. The Principles and the Oratory of Lincoln 3. Lincoln against Douglas 4. John Brown 5. The Election of Lincoln as President VI. SECESSION 1. The Case of the South against the Union 2. The Progress of Secession. 3. The Inauguration of Lincoln 4. The Outbreak of WarVII. THE CONDITIONS OF THE WAR VIII. THE OPENING OF THE WAR AND LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION 1. Preliminary Stages of the War.2. Bull Run3. Lincoln's Administration Generally4-Foreign Policy and England5. The Great Questions of Domestic Policy IX. THE DISASTERS OF THE NORTH 1. Military Policy of the North2. The War in the West up to May, 1862 3. The War in the East up to May, 1863 X. EMANCIPATION XI. THE APPROACH OF VICTORY I. The War to the End of 18632. Conscription and the Politics of 1863 3. The War in 1864 4. The Second Election of Lincoln: 1864 XII. THE END BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE INDEXMAP

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Civil War
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 517 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 16th president • 1858 • 1864 • 44th president • 700 • Abe • abolishing slavery • american civil war figures • American Founding Fathers • American Heroes • american president • Appeasement • assassinated • battle cry • Bicentennial • british people • British politics • buckner • Caro • charles sumner • churchill biography • churchill's • churchills • civil liberties • Civil War • civil war history • civil war lincoln • commander-in-chief • commanders in chief • congressmen • cooper union • countrymen • created equal • cyclopedia • democratic party • Document • doris kearns • douglas debates • dressmaker • east indies • emancipating • Emancipation • Emancipation Proclamation • emancipator • eminent historian • England • enslaving • expeditionary force • famous presidents • finest • Fort Sumter • Funeral • gathering storm • Gettysburg • Gettysburg Address • Gilbert • great american figures • habeas corpus • Hay • hinge • historical biography • historical figures • historical records • Historical Scholarship • honest abe • house divided • human equality • illinois legislature • Inaugural Speech • invade england • Iron curtain • Israel • Jaffa • james mcpherson • john keegan • kansas-nebraska act • law practice • LBJ • legal power • lincoln-douglas debates • lincoln myth • lincoln's • malice • mcclellan • Minister • Missouri • one-volume biography • Operation Torch • overgeneralization • Political Campaign • political genius • Political Philosophy • Politician • popular sovereignty • Portraits • posthumous • presidency • presidential biography • presidential life • president lincoln • Presidents • Prime Ministers • rivals • Ronald • Sandburg • sixteenth president • six volumes • Solutions • Springfield • Statesman • stephen douglas • Territorial expansion • todd • Ulysses • union cavalry • union figures • union generals • union soldiers • union speech • united states economy • united states politics • Versailles Treaty • volume history • war cabinet • war effort • war era • wilkes booth • william seward • Winston Churchill • WW II • wwii history
• ISBN-10: 0-486-14476-3 / 0486144763
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-14476-4 / 9780486144764