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The Best Book About Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln by David Herbert Donald

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Abraham Lincoln
16th United States President « PreviousNext »
In office	Mar. 4, – Apr. 15,
V. President	Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson
Political Party	Republican
Personal Info
Born	Feb. 12,
Died	Apr. 15, (at age 56)
Religion	Private
School	Self-Educated
Profession	Lawyer
Signature
Wife	Mary Todd Lincoln
Children	Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, Tad Lincoln

What makes a good leader? Is it the way he leads the nation and ensures his people that the country is gearing towards positive changes? Is it the way he is able to handle stress in times of economic turmoil and threats to the nation’s development? Is it his honesty and genuine soul that just makes the people respect him as a leader and as a person? A good president must not only possess one positive trait. He must possess all of them.

Over the years, leaders have come and gone. Some remain in our hearts with joyful memories, while others are remembered with bitterness and irritation. And when you try to recall those names written on the good list, the first name that would be remembered would be no other th

Abraham Lincoln

Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

Abraham Lincoln was the 16^thpresident of the United States, serving from to , and is regarded as one of America’s greatest heroes due to his roles in guiding the Union through the Civil War and working to emancipate enslaved people. His eloquent support of democracy and insistence that the Union was worth saving embody the ideals of self-government that all nations strive to achieve. In , he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves across the Confederacy. Lincoln’s rise from humble beginnings to achieving the highest office in the land is a remarkable story, and his death is equally notably. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in , at age 56, as the country was slowly beginning to reunify following the war. Lincoln’s distinctively humane personality and incredible impact on the nation have endowed him with an enduring legacy.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Abraham Lincoln
BORN: February 12,
DIED: April 15,
BIRTHPLACE: Hodgenville, Kentucky
SPOUSE: Mary Todd Lincoln (m. )
CHILDREN: Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, and Thomas “Tad” Lincoln
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius
HEIGHT: 6 fe

Six of the Top Recent Books on Abraham Lincoln

 Abraham Lincoln is the most written-about person in American history, and the third-most in world history—ranking below only Jesus and Napoleon. The deluge of books about the Great Emancipator has only increased with the bicentennial of his birth this year. Lists of the “essential” Lincoln books have been published, and one renowned Lincoln scholar has even suggested that a book be written on the worst, so readers will know which to avoid. In and into the first months of , many notable books on our 16th president have appeared, but some exceptional ones stand above the rest.

Lincoln’s presidential years have drawn more scholarly attention than the period before he entered the White House; some scholars argue that, despite the glut of biographies, much remains to be uncovered and examined about his early life. In July , Lewis E. Lehrman rescued one such segment of Lincoln’s life from the shadows with his masterful Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point, a study of Lincoln’s speech at Peoria, Illinois, in October , in response to Stephen A. Douglas’s Kansas-Nebraska Act that year. It marked Lincoln’s return to politics after a f

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