Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President by Lamb, Brian

Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781586487744)

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Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President by Lamb, Brian

Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President

$24.99
Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President by Lamb, Brian

Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President

$24.99
Format: Paperback
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In this beautifully designed volume, America's top Lincoln historians offer a diverse array of 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. Extras include a timeline of Lincoln's life, brief biographies of the 56 contributors, and Lincoln's most famous speeches.

Author: Brian Lamb
ISBN-10: 1586487744
ISBN-13: 9781586487744
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2010
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.58w x 1.06d
By Brian Lamb
By Brian Lamb
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Brian Lamb is C-SPAN's chairman and CEO and longtime on-camera interviewer, noted for his "just the facts" style of interviewing. Many of the essays in this book are drawn from Booknotes, Lamb's long-running author-interview program, while others were conducted for C-SPAN's special history series on Lincoln and on the American presidency. Lamb lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Susan Swain is President & co-Chief Operating Officer of C-SPAN. For more than twenty-five years, she has been an on-air interviewer for the program. A regular moderator of Washington Journal, she's interviewed hundreds of members of Congress, policy experts, journalists, and several presidents. She lives in Northern Virginia.

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