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One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War Hardcover – October 30, 2007

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How did Abraham Lincoln, long held as a paragon of presidential bravery and principled politics, find his way to the White House? How did he become this one man great enough to risk the fate of the nation on the well-worn but cast-off notion that all men are created equal?

Here award-winning historian John C. Waugh takes us on Lincoln’s road to the Civil War. From Lincoln's first public rejection of slavery to his secret arrival in the capital, from his stunning debates with Stephen Douglas to his contemplative moments considering the state of the country he loved, Waugh shows us America as Lincoln saw it and as Lincoln described it. Much of this wonderful story is told by Lincoln himself, detailing through his own writing his emergence onto the political scene and the evolution of his beliefs about the Union, the Constitution, democracy, slavery, and civil war. Waugh brings Lincoln’s path into new reliefby letting the great man tell his own story, at a depth that brings us ever closer to understanding this mysterious, complicated, truly great man.

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496 pages
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English
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Harcourt
Publication date

October 30, 2007
Dimensions

6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
ISBN-10

0151010714
ISBN-13

978-0151010714
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Starred Review. Former Christian Science Monitor journalist Waugh is the author of six books on the Civil War, including Re-electing Lincoln, perhaps the most accessible and complete volume on the pivotal presidential election of 1864. In his latest book, Waugh employs the same combination of lively prose backed with solid research to examine Lincoln's life story from birth to his first presidential inauguration, rarely straying from the themes of the future of the Union, impending Civil War and, more importantly, slavery. Waugh covers the events in Lincoln's pre-April 1861 life, making liberal use of Lincoln's own words, primarily from letters and speeches, and the reminiscences of one of Lincoln's closest friends and associates, his former law partner William Herndon. Waugh shows that although Lincoln embraced white supremacy and opposed interracial marriage and black suffrage during his early years as an Illinois state legislator, he managed to separate those views from his strong opposition to the institution of slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong, Lincoln later said. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. Waugh is particular adept at weaving details of Lincoln's family life into the narrative, which focuses on decidedly political matters, including the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates and the 1860 presidential election campaign. (Nov.)
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"General audiences will delight in Waugh''s expansive narrative full of colorful anecdotes. This book vividly illustrates why Abraham Lincoln remains a touchstone for democracy." (Thomas F. Schwartz, Illinois State Historian, Lincoln Presidential Library)

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harcourt; 1st edition (October 30, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0151010714
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0151010714
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #468,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #543 in American Civil War Biographies (Books)
- #1,175 in US Presidents
- #1,328 in U.S. Civil War History

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Baker

Descriptive Details Give Insights Into Lincoln

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 10, 2017

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This is the first book about Lincoln I’ve read that gives me a real glimpse into his inner mind, thoughts, insights, goals and growth throughout his life. I grew up on a Sangamon County farm on the outskirts of Springfield where we grew very productive crops in that rich black soil that the author quotes Lincoln affirming. Waugh’s descriptions of places where the young Lincoln lived, worked, and campaigned are etched into my memory as if I were with Lincoln on his journeys. His tendency to speak few words with depth, irony, humor as well as long, drawn-out stories were passed down from my Grandmother who was born about the time Lincoln was assassinated. Family lore says that my great-grandfather would drive his horse and buggy 4 mi on Friday afternoons to join Lincoln and several other men at a Springfield watering hole. I greatly enjoyed and have recommended this book full of descriptive, historic experiences to others.

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Dave Kight

No debate

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 20, 2018

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While I remembered most of the big moments from the history I studied inn my youth, the perspective and the timeline in this book painted a clear picture, revealing the how and the why everything happened as it did. Off all the speeches recorded here, the title line was somewhat awkward, but an excellent choice and fitting description of the title character.

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Xochilt

Good book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 19, 2016

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I was expecting a hardcover book. Otherwise this is a great book to read, it's my favorite book

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Flatbush faithful

Timely and well-written

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 23, 2018

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Mr. Waugh is a great writer. I have several of his other books, and this one is particularly timely now.

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PT118

I love anything about this incredible man

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2017

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I love anything about this incredible man. Book contained information about his pre Presidency days. Excellent insight into the man and his ambition.

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Henry Zecher

Terrific.

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Wonderful product and fast delivery.

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Steven Persoff

A tall man with a taller order

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 20, 2019

I have read other books on Mr. Lincoln but with this book I applaud the approach. Constant second hand accounts puts a more intense understanding of his life. Instead of date and event the book read as a newspaper interviewing the witnesses to history. Thank You.

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J. Z.

An interesting portrait of Lincoln before his presidency

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 7, 2013

This is not the first book I read about Lincoln. But it is the first one that details and dedicates to his life before the presidency. It also illustrates the general political life and landscape in the early antebellum-time Illinois (and sometime national) well as it traces the life of Lincoln. The description of Steven Douglass is also quite interesting. I would like to agree with one of the previous reviewers that it is in the folklore style, and therefore lacks the depth somewhat. But that might not be the author's intention anyway. As a general guy interesting in history, I feel quite satisfactory about the book and would recommend to anyone interesting in Lincoln.

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John Books

Good Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 20, 2013

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This is a good read for those who want to know more about the man than what the films tell you. It covers his life up to the start of the civil war and in particular his battles for political supremacy against Douglas.
The plot is driven by anecdotes from acquaintances, and enemies, who knew him at the time and by liberal of newspaper reporting. Some of the language can be a bit archaic but it is of it's time and you soon get used to it.
It accurately shows that for a long time Lincoln was not a well known politician, or even man, and that political circumstances forced him to make the stand that would ultimately lead to war.
Recommended.

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