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Lincoln the President #2
Lincoln The President, Volume Two
First published in four volumes in 1945, 1952, and 1955, J. G. Randall's Lincoln the President is here reprinted in two. The first covers Lincoln's life as far as Gettysburg, focusing mainly on his presidential administration. The second concentrates on Lincoln the person -- his conversation, his personality, his daily tasks, his marriage, his sense of humor -- and covers his life from the period of the Emancipation Proclamation up to the final triumph of Appomattox and his untimely death.
956 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1945
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James G. Randall
24 books6 followersNamed after U.S. President James A. Garfield, James Garfield Randall was an American historian specializing on Abraham Lincoln and the era of the American Civil War. He was known for his systematic, scientific methodology based on thorough study of primary sources, his mastery of constitutional issues, and his neutrality regarding North and South.
Randall earned a B.A. degree at Butler College (1903), and a Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago (1912). He taught at the University of Illinois, (1920–1950), where David Herbert Donald was one of his students. His multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln remains a major resource for scholars. He was president of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association 1939-1940. His wife Ruth Painter Randall wrote Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage (1953). His The Civil War and Reconstruction (1937) was for many years the most important history of the era.
Randall earned a B.A. degree at Butler College (1903), and a Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago (1912). He taught at the University of Illinois, (1920–1950), where David Herbert Donald was one of his students. His multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln remains a major resource for scholars. He was president of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association 1939-1940. His wife Ruth Painter Randall wrote Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage (1953). His The Civil War and Reconstruction (1937) was for many years the most important history of the era.
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February 26, 2013
*** This is NOT the copy I read and Goodreads can't seem to find it. I can find copies on alibris and amazon, but goodreads can't..interesting. Maybe because the copy I have is dated 1952 and has no ISBN #. While NOT a real reader of Lincoln works, I found this book very interesting. Shows something more personal than most of what I have read! Again thanks to my Mom for finding me another "gem" to read!!
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