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All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1856-1860

Sidney Blumenthal

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All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1856-1860

Lincoln's incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly revealed in this third volume of the Political Life of Abraham Lincoln series, following A Self-Made Man and Wrestling with His Angel. After a period of depression that he would ever find his way to greatness, Lincoln takes on the most powerful demagogue in the country, Stephen Douglas, in the debates for a senate seat. He sidelines the frontrunner William Seward, a former governor and senator for New York, to cinch the new Republican Party's nomination. Lincoln achieves the presidency by force of strategy, of political savvy and determination. But he must first build a new political party, brilliantly state the anti-slavery case and overcome shattering defeat to win the presidency. In the years of civil war to follow, he will show mightily that the nation was right to bet on him. He was its preserver, a politician of moral integrity.

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Year
2019
ISBN-13
9781476777313
Genre
Biography & Memoir
Topics
Abraham LincolnAmerican political historyAntebellum politics and slavery

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