Lincoln: A President for the Ages
Autor Participant Media Editat de Karl Weberen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 oct 2012
The
First
American.
Frontiersman
and
backwoods
attorney.
Teller
of
bawdy
tales
and
a
spellbinding
orator.
A
champion
of
liberty
some
called
a
would-be
tyrant.
Savior
of
the
Union
and
the
Great
Emancipator.
All
these
are
Abraham
Lincoln—in
his
time
America's
most
admired
and
reviled
leader,
and
still
our
nation's
most
enigmatic
and
captivating
hero.
Timed to complement the new motion pictureLincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg,Lincoln: A President for the Agesintroduces a new Lincoln grappling with some of history's greatest challenges. Would Lincoln have dropped the bomb on Hiroshima? How would he conduct the War on Terror? Would he favor women's suffrage or gay rights? Would today's Lincoln be a star on Facebook and Twitter? Would he embrace the religious right—or denounce it?
The answers come from an all-star array of historians and scholars, including Jean Baker, Richard Carwardine, Dan Farber, Andrew Ferguson, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Allen C. Guelzo, Harold Holzer, James Malanowski, James Tackach, Frank J. Williams, and Douglas L. Wilson.Lincolnalso features actor/activist Gloria Reuben describing how she played Elizabeth Keckley, the former-slave-turned-confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln; and a selection of speeches and letters that explore little-known sides of Lincoln; “The Faces of Lincoln,” exploring his complex contemporary legacy.
Whether you're a lifetime admirer of Lincoln or newly intrigued by his story,Lincoln: A President for the Agesoffers a fascinating glimpse of his many-sided legacy.
Timed to complement the new motion pictureLincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg,Lincoln: A President for the Agesintroduces a new Lincoln grappling with some of history's greatest challenges. Would Lincoln have dropped the bomb on Hiroshima? How would he conduct the War on Terror? Would he favor women's suffrage or gay rights? Would today's Lincoln be a star on Facebook and Twitter? Would he embrace the religious right—or denounce it?
The answers come from an all-star array of historians and scholars, including Jean Baker, Richard Carwardine, Dan Farber, Andrew Ferguson, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Allen C. Guelzo, Harold Holzer, James Malanowski, James Tackach, Frank J. Williams, and Douglas L. Wilson.Lincolnalso features actor/activist Gloria Reuben describing how she played Elizabeth Keckley, the former-slave-turned-confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln; and a selection of speeches and letters that explore little-known sides of Lincoln; “The Faces of Lincoln,” exploring his complex contemporary legacy.
Whether you're a lifetime admirer of Lincoln or newly intrigued by his story,Lincoln: A President for the Agesoffers a fascinating glimpse of his many-sided legacy.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781610392631
ISBN-10: 1610392639
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: B/W illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1610392639
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: B/W illustrations throughout
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
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Recenzii
Pulitzer-Prize
winning
playwright
Tony
Kushner,
author
of
the
screenplay
for
"Lincoln"
"I was delighted to read this collection of essays by people who have grappled with Lincoln and who’ve come to know him, each on her or his terms, and on Lincoln’s terms as well. Here are Lincolns that you’ll embrace, Lincolns you won’t recognize, Lincolns you'll be skeptical of or maybe angered by, and Lincolns who’ll add richness and depth to the Lincoln you already know."
Wall Street Journal
"The companion book to the coming film,Lincoln: A President for the Ages, asks great historians "What would Lincoln do?" in situations from Hiroshima toThe Daily Show With Jon Stewart."
Huntington News
“In fact, it's an excellent one-volume introduction to Lincoln's political career.”
Civil War News
“Written by some of the country’s leading Lincoln scholars, these essays update our understanding of the 16th president as the Civil War community eagerly absorbs Spielberg’s new film.”
"I was delighted to read this collection of essays by people who have grappled with Lincoln and who’ve come to know him, each on her or his terms, and on Lincoln’s terms as well. Here are Lincolns that you’ll embrace, Lincolns you won’t recognize, Lincolns you'll be skeptical of or maybe angered by, and Lincolns who’ll add richness and depth to the Lincoln you already know."
Wall Street Journal
"The companion book to the coming film,Lincoln: A President for the Ages, asks great historians "What would Lincoln do?" in situations from Hiroshima toThe Daily Show With Jon Stewart."
Huntington News
“In fact, it's an excellent one-volume introduction to Lincoln's political career.”
Civil War News
“Written by some of the country’s leading Lincoln scholars, these essays update our understanding of the 16th president as the Civil War community eagerly absorbs Spielberg’s new film.”
History
Wire