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Lincoln

A Biography

Audiobook
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1 of 1 copy available
An audiobook to be treasured by all history buffs: the companion volume to the ABC TV documentary.
This remarkable biography presents Abraham Lincoln as we have never before seen him. The insightful and vibrant narrative draws extensively on diaries, letters, and other primary sources to provide a remarkably close-up view of Lincoln: the boy, the homespun politician, the president, the military leader, the man with his family. Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III and Peter W. Kunhardt give us the fascinating life– from birth to death–of the extraordinary man who was the 16th president of the United States.
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    • AudioFile Magazine
      It's a rare pleasure when an actor of the caliber of Frank Langella narrates an audiobook. His solid, sincere performance of LINCOLN adds a level of soberness to the work. There's no shortage of Lincoln biographies this year, and each has a lot to offer. The Kunhardt book puts the listener in Lincoln's head as the man took over the commander in chief's job at a difficult time in the country, a time when the fields rang with the sounds of revolution, of civil war. The book opens with a scence in which Lincoln is dealing with the impending war, then dips back into his past and allows the listener to see what molded the man. The light touches of music, like "Shenandoah," are a nice touch. M.S. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 28, 1992
      This pictorial biography, a companion volume to a forthcoming TV miniseries, also stands well on its own. Most of the 900 illustrations are drawn from the Frederick Hill Meserve private family collection, a 19th-century photo archive that specializes in Lincoln material. Presented chronologically, the illustrations provide both a definitive visual record of Lincoln's life and a compelling view of the Civil War from the president's perspective. The text, by Meserve's grandson, former Life managing editor Philip B. Kunhardt Jr., and his two sons, relies heavily and effectively on quotations from Lincoln and his contemporaries. The book presents not an icon, but a man who ``wrote like a poet, laughed like a hyena, and cried real tears.'' His consuming struggle to preserve the Union eventually led him to redefine its promises and extend its freedoms in ways that determined America's future. This work convincingly sustains and enhances Lincoln's position as a dominant moral figure of our history. 125,000 first printing; BOMC alternate.

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