Founders' son a life of Abraham Lincoln / Richard Brookhiser.
| Author/creator | Brookhiser, Richard |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Basic Books, [2014] |
| Description | xi, 347 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1809-1830: youth -- George Washington and liberty -- 1830-1840: manhood -- Thomas Paine, laughter, and reason -- 1840-1852: maturity -- Henry Clay and the Fourth of July -- 1854: the repeal of the Missouri Compromise -- 1855-1858: running for senate -- 1859-1860: running for president -- Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. The towering genius (I) -- The election of 1860. The towering genius (II) -- 1861-1863: war, emancipation -- Preamble to the Constitution -- 1864-1865: war, death -- God the father -- 1865: victory. The towering genius (III) -- Epilogue: One old man. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014021173 |
| ISBN | 9780465032945 (hardcover) |