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Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President | 
| Authors: Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, C-span
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Category: Book
List Price: $27.95
Buy New: $18.45
You Save: $9.50 (34%)
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 14534
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 1586486764
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.7092
EAN: 9781586486761
ASIN: 1586486764
Publication Date: October 27, 2008
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Product Description
In a handsome, gift-quality volume celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, America’s top Lincoln historians offer their diverse perspectives on the life and legacy of America’s sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln’s life—from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America’s most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865—these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on a defining leader. Edited by C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, illustrated with Lamb’s photographs of Lincoln landmarks, and promoted throughout the year on C-SPAN, Abraham Lincoln is a wonderful compendium of information and deeply-informed analysis that deserves a prominent place on every bookshelf.
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 Quench your Lincoln thirst December 27, 2008
James Hiller (Beaverton, OR)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
With the 200th anniversary of his birth coming up in February, interest in Abraham Lincoln is on the rise, and rightly so. Maybe the most written about man in history, Lincoln inspires examination and scholarship unlike any other figure we've had in American History. Is it because his greatness comes from his humble roots? An intellect not formed in America's prestigious universities? A passion for patriotism by holding the union together with threads? Whatever the reason, we cannot get enough Lincoln. This book, "Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President" is an important part of the record this year.
Complied and culled from the vast historical repertoire of CSPAN, this book is a collection of essays by many of the most current Lincoln scholars: Harold Holzer, James McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Oates, and many others. Some of the essay are long and detailed, some a merely a paragraph of thought.
Grouped in four categories, this is a great book to "dip into" from time to time when you want a sip of water to quench your Lincoln thirst, but don't have time for a full bottle, so to speak. While there is very little new information here, it is always refreshing to read from the most knowledgeable Lincoln devotees.
This is a great book for a casual Lincoln fan wanting to refresh their knowledge, for a person who doesn't know a thing about the man, and for the Lincoln fan in your life. Thanks to CSPAN for this compilation of some very important Lincoln voices!
Lincoln on C-SPAN November 19, 2008
Christian Schlect (Yakima, Washington/USA)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
A wonderful purchase for anyone with even a faint interest in Abraham Lincoln and his impact on America.
In this book, many notable scholars lend their thoughts and insights in a conversational style to various aspects of the Lincoln story. A reader will be delayed neither by scholarly jargon nor intrusive footnotes. Instead, that person is presented with the easy opportunity to be exposed to a wide breadth of the scholarship directly touching upon Mr. Lincoln. And afterwards, if interest is excited, he or she can go find and read one or more of the books written by these able past contributors to C-SPAN.
C-SPAN is a national treasure and this timely history book is a monument to that cable-industry company's talented staff and its work over the years in bringing Abraham Lincoln's life and times so vividly before a new generation of Americans.
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