{"product_id":"9781421410685","title":"Abraham Lincoln: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eLincoln Prize, Civil War Institute at Gettysburg CollegeCowinner, Book Award, Abraham Lincoln InstituteRussell P. Strange Book Award, Illinois State Historical SocietyPROSE Award for Best Book in U.S. History and Biography\/Autobiography, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American PublishersNamed One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003eNamed One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America’s greatest presidents. Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce current understanding of America’s sixteenth president. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln’s presidency and the trials of the Civil War. He supplies fascinating details on the crisis over Fort Sumter and the relentless office seekers who plagued Lincoln. He introduces readers to the president’s battles with hostile newspaper editors and his quarrels with incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also interprets Lincoln’s private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in 1862, and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A magisterial enterprise.\"—William Safire, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No review could do complete justice to the magnificent two-volume biography that has been so well-wrought by Michael Burlingame.\"—Christopher Hitchens, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The author knows more about Lincoln than any other living person.\"—James McPherson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book supplants [Carl] Sandburg and supersedes all other biographies. Future Lincoln books cannot be written without it, and from no other book can a general reader learn so much about Abraham Lincoln. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.\"—James L. Swanson, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burlingame is a towering figure in Lincoln scholarship, and students of the 16th president have been waiting for this book for years. For all his learning—Burlingame may know more about Lincoln and his era than anyone in the world—his take on his subject is fresh, and he doesn't gloss over Lincoln's less appealing attributes. \u003ci\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e comes as close to being the definitive biography as anything the world has seen in decades.\"— \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127719411952,"sku":"9781421410685","price":19.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781421410685_p0.jpg?v=1763739066","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781421410685","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}