{"product_id":"abraham-lincoln-michael-burlingame-9780801889936","title":"Abraham Lincoln: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of Lincoln.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by The AtlanticNamed One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by Chicago Tribune Winner, 2008 PROSE Award for Best Book in U.S. History and Biography\/Autobiography, Association of American PublishersWinner, 2010 Lincoln Prize from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College\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 our current understanding of America's sixteenth president. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the 1840s. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail the crisis over Fort Sumter and Lincoln's own battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also offers new interpretations of Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Burlingame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801889936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801889936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Boxed Set\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.50h x 7.50w x 5.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2008 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2008 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/08\/2009 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2009 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/24\/2009 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 16","brand":"Michael Burlingame","offers":[{"title":"Boxed Set","offer_id":44072783216895,"sku":"9780801889936","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b431b252-98d2-40c0-9298-611d5f603971.jpg?v=1685443932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/abraham-lincoln-michael-burlingame-9780801889936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}