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Lincoln in private : what his most personal reflections tell us about our greatest president
Record details
- ISBN: 1984855093
- ISBN: 9781984855091
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Physical Description:
xx, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2021]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-307) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Part one: Lawyer. The lyrical Lincoln: the transcendence of Niagara Falls ; The humble Lincoln: a lawyer's vocation -- Part two: Politician. The fiery Lincoln: slavery and a reentry to politics ; The defeated Lincoln: failure and ambition ; The Republican Lincoln: the birth of a party ; The principled Lincoln: a definition of democracy ; The outraged Lincoln: pro-slavery theology -- Part three: President. The unity Lincoln: secession and the Constitution ; The Kentuckian Lincoln: an undelivered speech to the South ; The theological Lincoln: a meditation on the divine will -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Lincoln's fragments and notes. |
| Summary, etc.: | "The first full-color facsimile edition of Lincoln's private notes, Abraham Lincoln's Diary is a deluxe collection of some of his most revelatory private writings. An essential archive, here presented exactly as Lincoln wrote them on scraps of paper, these "notes to self" appear alongside original, contextualizing essays by New York Times bestselling presidential biographer Ronald C. White. A deeply private man, closed off to even those who worked closely with him, Lincoln often captured "his best thoughts" in these notes--never wanting "one of those ideas to escape." In Abraham Lincoln's Diary, White offers this rare glimpse into the thought process of one of our nation's most important orators and presidents. The book selects ten of Lincoln's most revealing notes, reproduced here in full color, allowing us to see this little-known but vital body of Lincoln's writing, in which he grapples with the problem of slavery; attempting to find convincing rebuttals to those who supported the evil institution; or prepares for his historic debates with Stephen Douglas in the midst of his 1858 senatorial campaign. In one fragment, written on the eve of his inauguration, we see Lincoln develop an argument for national unity amidst a secession crisis that would ultimately rend the nation in two. Arranged in chronological order, beginning in 1848 with a note that was written just one year into Lincoln's Congressional term as an Illinois representative, Abraham Lincoln's Diary is a wholly original volume that grants us fresh insight into our nation's greatest president."-- |
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| Subject: | Presidents United States Miscellanea Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Political and social views Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Manuscripts Facsimiles |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Memorial Library - Suffield. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | 973.7092 LINCOLN (Text) | 32518152931740 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | B LINCOLN (Text) | 33750000078346 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ANF 973.709 LIN (Text) | 33260000540352 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 973.7092 LINCOLN (Text) | 34000151240132 | Adult Magazine | Available | - |
| Derby Public Library | 973.7092 LIN (Text) | 34047150113745 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Side Branch - Bridgeport | 973.7092 LINCOLN (Text) | 34000151244902 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | 973.7092 WHITE (Text) | 34026143978323 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| North Branch - Bridgeport | 973.7092 LINCOLN (Text) | 34000151240124 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | B LINCOLN (Text) | 34025146115628 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | 973.7092 WHI (Text) | 34005150485281 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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