Indiscutivelmente um dos personagens da história norte-americana mais conhecido do mundo, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) liderou seu país através da conturbada Guerra Civil Americana, momento significativo para a abolição da escravidão nos Estados Unidos. Ele também foi um político notavelmente astuto e envolvido com os líderes do resto país, buscando manter a integridade territorial apesar dos conflitos. Stephenson escreveu uma biografia envolvente, detalhada e bem pesquisada fazendo com que...

"Especially of its springs of action as revealed and deepened by the ordeal of war". According to Wikipedia: "Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his term, he helped preserve the United States by le...

In spite of a lapse of sixty years, the historian who attempts to portray the era of Lincoln is still faced with almost impossible demands and still confronted with arbitrary points of view. It is out of the question, in a book so brief as this must necessarily be, to meet all these demands or to alter these points of view. Interests that are purely local, events that did not with certainty contribute to the final outcome, gossip, as well as the mere caprice of the scholar— these must obvious...

Em “Lincoln” Nathaniel Stephenson retrata brilhantemente a ascensão gradual de Abraham Lincoln do humilde início na área rural do estado de Kentucky para os círculos políticos sempre em expansão em Illinois, e finalmente para a presidência de um país dividido pela guerra civil. O livro vai além da biografia, destacando o desenvolvimento gradual do caráter de Lincoln, relatando sua tremenda capacidade de evolução e crescimento, ilustrando assim o que tornou possível para um...

Authority for all important statements of facts in the following pages may be found in the notes; the condensed references are expanded in the bibliography. A few controversial matters are discussed in the notes.

The secession movement had three distinct stages. The first, beginning with the news that Lincoln was elected, closed with the news, sent broadcast over the South from Charleston, that Federal troops had taken possession of Fort Sumter on the night of the 28th of December. During this period the likelihood of secession was the topic of discussion in the lower South. What to do in case the lower South seceded was the question which perplexed the upper South. In this period no State north of So...

It is very curious that much of the history of the United States in the Forties and Fifties of the last century has vanished from the general memory. When a skilled historian reopens the study of Webster's “Seventh of March speech” it is more than likely that nine out of ten Americans will have to cudgel their wits endeavoring to make quite sure just where among our political adventures that famous oration fits in. How many of us could pass a satisfactory examination on the antecedent train o...

This work records the events during American Civil War. It covers that very critical time of American history when the states were fighting for secession. The bloodshed and the fighting for the pervading ideals is depicted in a heart-warming manner. An informative and captivating work.