The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln: The Story of America's Most Reviled President: The Story of the Most Reviled American President - Rilegato

Tagg, Larry

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ISBN 10: 1932714618 ISBN 13: 9781932714616

Casa editrice: Savas Beatie, 2009

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"Today, Abraham Lincoln is a beloved American icon, widely considered to be our best president. It was not always so. Larry Tagg's The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln is the first study to concentrate on what Lincoln's contemporaries actually thought of him during his lifetime"--Jacket flap.

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Today, Abraham Lincoln is a beloved American icon, widely considered to be our best president. It was not always so. Larry Tagg's The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln is the first study of its kind to concentrate on what Lincoln's contemporaries actually thought of him during his lifetime. Be forewarned: your preconceived notions are about to be shattered.returncharacterreturncharacterTorn by civil war, the era in which our sixteenth president lived and governed was the most rough-and-tumble in the history of American politics. The violence of the criticism aimed at Lincoln by the great men of his time on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line is simply startling. Indeed, the breadth and depth of the spectacular prejudice against him is often shocking for its cruelty, intensity, and unrelenting vigor. The plain truth is that Mr. Lincoln was deeply reviled by many who knew him personally, and by hundreds of thousands who only knew of him.returncharacterreturncharacterBoisterous and venomous enough to be good entertainment, The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln rests upon a wide foundation of research that includes years of searching through contemporary newspapers. Tagg includes extensive treatment of the political context that begat Lincoln's predicament, riding with the president to Washington, and walking with him through the bleak years of war and up to and beyond assassination. Throughout, Tagg entertains with a lively writing style, outstanding storytelling verve, and an unconventional, against-the-grain perspective that is sure to delight readers of all stripes.returncharacterreturncharacterLincoln's humanity has been unintentionally trivialized by some historians and writers who have hidden away the real man in a patina of bronze. Once readers learn the truth of how others viewed him, they will better understand the man he was, and how history is better viewed through a long-distance lens than contemporaneously.returncharacterreturncharacterThe bicentennial of Lincoln's birth will be c

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• Editore: Savas Beatie
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1932714618
• ISBN 13: 9781932714616
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 554