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  • Lincoln and Citizenship

    Series series Concise Lincoln Library
    Exploring Lincoln’s Evolving Views of CitizenshipAt its most basic level, citizenship is about who belongs to a political community, and for Abraham Lincoln in nineteenth-century America, the answer was in flux. The concept of “fellow citizens,” for Lincoln, encompassed different groups at different times. In this first book focused on the topic, Mark E. Steiner analyzes and contextualizes Lincoln ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • A. Lincoln

    A Biography

    **“If you read one book about Lincoln, make it A. Lincoln.”—**USA Today**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD**Everyone wants to define the man who signed his name “A. Lincoln.” In his lifetime and ever since, friend... ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $12.99 USD

  • Lincoln

    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of We Are Lincoln Men comes a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.“A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance” (The Chicago Tribune), Lincoln brilliantly depicts Abraham Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

    Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

    by Eric Foner ...
    “A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston GlobeSelected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Abraham Lincoln

    The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865

    Series series The American Presidents
    America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War.Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Plain, Honest Men

    The Making of the American Constitution

    In May 1787, in an atmosphere of crisis, delegates met in Philadelphia to design a radically new form of government. Distinguished historian Richard Beeman captures as never before the dynamic of the debate and the characters of the men who labored that historic summer. Virtually all of the issues in dispute—the extent of presidential power, the nature of federalism, and, most explosive of all, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Abraham Lincoln

    The Man Behind the Myths

    A biographical study of the 16th U.S. president, and an essential book for any student of Lincoln and American history.In this multifaceted portrait, Oates, "the most popular historical interpreter of Lincoln" (Gabor S. Boritt, New York Times Book Review), exposes the human side of the great and tragic president—including his depression, his difficulties with love, and his troubled and troubling ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Slave Nation

    How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution

    A book all Americans should read, Slave Nation reveals the key role racism played in the American Revolutionary War, so we can see our past more clearly and build a better future.In 1772, the High Court in London freed a slave from Virginia named Somerset, setting a precedent that would end slavery in England. In America, racist fury over this momentous decision united the Northern and Southern ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ratification

    The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

    by Pauline Maier ...
    The defining book of the American Revolution era and a winner of the George Washington Book Award, Ratification chronicles the pivotal moments and key figures in transforming the US Constitution from an idea into a transformational document and the Constitutional Convention into a working government.When the delegates left the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787, the new ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Lincoln and the Abolitionists

    John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War

    by Fred Kaplan ...
    "Anyone who wants to understand the United States' racial divisions will learn a lot from reading Kaplan's richly researched account of one of the worst periods in American history and its chilling effects today in our cities, legislative bodies, schools, and houses of worship." — St. Louis Post-DispatchThe acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan returns with a controversial exploration of how Abraham ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Constitutional Convention

    A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison

    Series series Modern Library Classics
    In 1787, the American union was in disarray. The incompatible demands of the separate states threatened its existence; some states were even in danger of turning into the kind of tyranny they had so recently deposed. A truly national government was needed, one that could raise money, regulate commerce, and defend the states against foreign threats–without becoming as overbearing as England. So ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • One Man Great Enough

    Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War

    by John C. Waugh ...
    From the author of The Class of 1846: "A swift-paced narrative of Lincoln's pre-presidential life." — The Washington Post Book WorldHow did Abraham Lincoln, long held as a paragon of presidential bravery and principled politics, find his way to the White House? How did he become the one man great enough to risk the fate of the nation on the well-worn but cast-off notion that all men are created ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus