{"product_id":"2940170718498","title":"The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician who waged the bloodiest war in american history in order to build an empire that rivaled Great Britain's? In \u003ci\u003eThe Real Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e, author Thomas J. DiLorenzo uncovers a side of Lincoln not told in many history books and overshadowed by the immense Lincoln legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough extensive research and meticulous documentation, DiLorenzo portrays the sixteenth president as a man who devoted his political career to revolutionizing the American form of government from one that was very limited in scope and highly decentralizedamp;mdash;as the Founding Fathers intendedamp;mdash;to a highly centralized, activist state. Standing in his way, however, was the South, with its independent states, its resistance to the national government, and its reliance on unfettered free trade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098514309360,"sku":"2940170718498","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170718498_p0.jpg?v=1763816308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170718498","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}