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Most people know little more about the US President Abraham Lincoln than how he met his end - assassinated in a theatre box by a gunman. But as Thomas Keneally, Booker prizewinning novelist for Schindler's Ark, shows in this short, but enthralling life that Lincoln's origins, his early life, his self-taught lawyer's career and how he became a politician and ultimately US president, is an epitome of the American dream. If Lincoln - without any benefits of class, wealth or contacts - could reach the pinnacle of US life then so might anyone else. Keneally has long been absorbed by Lincoln's life and letters, upon which he draws for his biography.
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Lincoln, Thomas Keneally
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- Released
- 2003
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- Title
- Lincoln
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Thomas Keneally
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN10
- 0297829785
- ISBN13
- 9780297829782
- Series
- Penguin Lives
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Politicians' Biographies, American History, Civil War, Presidents
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Most people know little more about the US President Abraham Lincoln than how he met his end - assassinated in a theatre box by a gunman. But as Thomas Keneally, Booker prizewinning novelist for Schindler's Ark, shows in this short, but enthralling life that Lincoln's origins, his early life, his self-taught lawyer's career and how he became a politician and ultimately US president, is an epitome of the American dream. If Lincoln - without any benefits of class, wealth or contacts - could reach the pinnacle of US life then so might anyone else. Keneally has long been absorbed by Lincoln's life and letters, upon which he draws for his biography.