{"product_id":"2940013121881","title":"Abraham Lincoln: An Essay (Illustrated)","description":"Carl Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a well known and celebrated German revolutionary who came to the United States and participated in the Civil War as a general for the Union. He was also an accomplished journalist, newspaper editor and orator, eventually becoming the first German-born American to be elected to the U.S. Senate in 1869. He is famous for saying, \"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1855, Schurz settled in Wisconsin, where he immediately became immersed in the anti-slavery movement and in politics, joining the Republican Party. In 1857, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for lieutenant-governor. In the Illinois campaign of the next year between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, he took part as a speaker on behalf of Lincoln—mostly in German, helping raise Lincoln's popularity among German-American voters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchurz wrote this essay about Lincoln after the war. This edition includes images of Schurz and Lincoln.","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152628236528,"sku":"2940013121881","price":2.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013121881_p0.jpg?v=1763588253","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013121881","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}