### From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In this excellent biography, veteran historian White emphasizes that Lincoln was our most likable major president, lacking Washington's aloofness and the deviousness of FDR and Jefferson. Many young men from the frontier overcame the handicaps of poverty a
A. Lincoln: A Biography
β Scribed by Ronald C White; Jr.
- Book ID
- 106926059
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781588367754
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY: Ronald C. White, Jr., is the author of two bestselling books on Abraham Lincoln: The Eloquent President and Lincolnβs Greatest Speech, a New York Times Notable Book. White earned his Ph.D. at Princeton and has lectured on Lincoln at hundreds of universities and organizations, and at Gettysburg and the White House. He is a Fellow at the Huntington Library and a Visiting Professor of History at UCLA. He lives with his wife, Cynthia, in La Ca?ada, California.From the Hardcover edition.
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