{"product_id":"abraham-lincoln-a-life-volume-1-paperback","title":"Abraham Lincoln: A Life Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Burlingame\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, this award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of Lincoln.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by Chicago TribuneNamed One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by The AtlanticWinner, 2008 PROSE Award for Best Book in U.S. History and Biography\/Autobiography, Association of American PublishersWinner, 2010 Lincoln Prize from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America's greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce our current understanding of America's sixteenth president. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail the crisis over Fort Sumter and Lincoln's own battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also offers new interpretations of Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut through it all--his difficult childhood, his contentious political career, a fratricidal war, and tragic personal losses--Lincoln preserved a keen sense of humor and acquired a psychological maturity that proved to be the North's most valuable asset in winning the Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this landmark publication establishes Burlingame as the most assiduous Lincoln biographer of recent memory and brings Lincoln alive to modern readers as never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLincoln Prize, Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College\u003cbr\u003eCowinner, Book Award, Abraham Lincoln Institute\u003cbr\u003eRussell P. Strange Book Award, Illinois State Historical Society\u003cbr\u003ePROSE Award for Best Book in U.S. History and Biography\/Autobiography, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers\u003cbr\u003eNamed One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America's greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce current understanding of America's sixteenth president. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his troubled relationship with his father, his legal training, the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s, and the great personal transformation he experienced in the mid-1850s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA magisterial enterprise.--William Safire, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo review could do complete justice to the magnificent two-volume biography that has been so well-wrought by Michael Burlingame.--Christopher Hitchens, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author knows more about Lincoln than any other living person.--James McPherson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book supplants [Carl] Sandburg and supersedes all other biographies. Future Lincoln books cannot be written without it, and from no other book can a general reader learn so much about Abraham Lincoln. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.--James L. Swanson, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurlingame is a towering figure in Lincoln scholarship, and students of the 16th president have been waiting for this book for years. For all his learning--Burlingame may know more about Lincoln and his era than anyone in the world--his take on his subject is fresh, and he doesn't gloss over Lincoln's less appealing attributes. \u003ci\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e comes as close to being the definitive biography as anything the world has seen in decades.--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Kenneth J. Winkle, University of Nebraska-Lincoln \"Atlantic\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLincoln Prize, Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College\u003cbr\u003eCowinner, Book Award, Abraham Lincoln Institute\u003cbr\u003eRussell P. Strange Book Award, Illinois State Historical Society\u003cbr\u003ePROSE Award for Best Book in U.S. History and Biography\/Autobiography, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers\u003cbr\u003eNamed One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America's greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce current understanding of America's sixteenth president. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his troubled relationship with his father, his legal training, the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s, and the great personal transformation he experienced in the mid-1850s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A magisterial enterprise.\"--William Safire, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No review could do complete justice to the magnificent two-volume biography that has been so well-wrought by Michael Burlingame.\"--Christopher Hitchens, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The author knows more about Lincoln than any other living person.\"--James McPherson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book supplants [Carl] Sandburg and supersedes all other biographies. Future Lincoln books cannot be written without it, and from no other book can a general reader learn so much about Abraham Lincoln. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.\"--James L. Swanson, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burlingame is a towering figure in Lincoln scholarship, and students of the 16th president have been waiting for this book for years. For all his learning--Burlingame may know more about Lincoln and his era than anyone in the world--his take on his subject is fresh, and he doesn't gloss over Lincoln's less appealing attributes. \u003ci\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e comes as close to being the definitive biography as anything the world has seen in decades.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Burlingame\u003c\/b\u003e is Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. He is the author or editor of several books about Lincoln, including \u003ci\u003eLincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Johns Hopkins, and \u003ci\u003eThe Inner World of Abraham Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 960\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731601887295,"sku":"9781421409733","price":77.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/10dab4dadae259345dd419b57d9b6754.webp?v=1765129433","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/abraham-lincoln-a-life-volume-1-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}