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Language
English
Description
This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically...
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Modern Library paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xxx, 702 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Among the autobiographies of great military leaders, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest. From his frontier boyhood to his heroics in battle to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War rescued him, these memoirs are a deeply moving account of a brilliant man.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (321 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Abraham Lincoln is a definitive biography of the 16th president, the man who led the country during its greatest crisis. Featuring over seven hours of compelling live-action scripted scenes, interviews with esteemed historians and public figures including President Barack Obama as well as archival materials, and segments acknowledging the invaluable influence of abolitionists-such as Frederick Douglass in seizing the moment for fundamental change,...
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