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Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery
Lincoln is the single most compelling figure in our history, but also one of the most enigmatic. Was he the Great Emancipator, a man of deep convictions who ended slavery in the United States, or simply a reluctant politician compelled by the force of events to free the slaves? In Father Abraham, Richard Striner offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln, one that helps us make se...more
Paperback, 308 pages
Published
May 18th 2007
by Oxford University Press, USA
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This book does a good job of starting with Lincoln's anti-slavery views that were rooted in his trip to New Orleans as a young man. He was a politician and fully understood timing - and that you simply cannot get to far out front of those whom you would lead, and expect them to follow. Frederick Douglas and others were very impatient with Lincoln - and did not understand the art of politics. In hindsight most later admitted that Lincoln's approach was right.
Great book. I'm a little frustrated with my highschool education regarding Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Now looking for more books on the topic.
"Lincoln did much more than merely "save the union," and he did much more than "free the slaves." At the cost of some occasional deception--and at the cost of some 600,000 lives that were lost to the nation, including his own--it can be said that he saved our nation's soul. He was an indispensable genius such as no other figure in our past." You will not want to put this book down.
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