In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations.At once familiar and elusive, Lincoln tends to be seen as the greatest of American presidents-a remote icon-or as a politician driven more by calculation than by conviction. Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Christian Science Monitor, Kirkus ReviewsA president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis.“In his captivating new book, Jon Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.LONGLISTED FOR THE BIOGRAPHERS INTERNATIONAL PLUTARCH AWARD
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