Abraham Lincoln (in Leather slip case) [Hardcover]

Benjamin P. Thomas (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Book-Of-the-Month-Club; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (1986)
• ASIN: B0006RF20U
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,335,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the 3 Best 1-Volume Biographies of Lincoln, March 20, 2004

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Kenneth P. Cash (Independence, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abraham Lincoln: A biography (Loose Leaf)

I have been studying Abraham Lincoln for nearly 40 years. Many Lincoln scholars consider ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A BIOGRAPHY by Benjamin P. Thomas to be one of the three best one-volume biographies of Lincoln written to date. The other two books are LINCOLN by David Herbert Donald and WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE by Stephen B. Oates.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Readable, April 7, 2004

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C. L Wilson (Elmhurst, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abraham Lincoln: A biography (Loose Leaf)

Very readable one volume life of Lincoln. Pulled things together in a way Sandburg's six volume masterpeice could not. A case of not being able to see the forest for the trees. And made utterly clear exactly what Lincoln was fighting for: that democracy as evidenced by the people's vote at the ballot box might survive as an example to the world. If all the states had voted in elections to let the succeeding states go, then OK. But there was no such election. It was always the Union, never slavery, that was his purpose, although he understood slavery to be at the heart of the matter.