All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. III, 1856-1860 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781476777283)

In All the Powers of Earth, Lincoln's incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly revealed through the great biographer's extraordinary research and literary style.

After a period of depression that he would ever find his way to greatness, Lincoln takes on the most powerful demagogue in the country, Stephen Douglas, in the debates for a senate seat. He sidelines the frontrunner William Seward, a former governor and senator for New York, to cinch the new Republican Party's nomination.

All the Powers of Earth is the political story of all time. Lincoln achieves the presidency by force of strategy, of political savvy and determination. This is Abraham Lincoln, who indisputably becomes the greatest president and moral leader in the nation's history. But he must first build a new political party, brilliantly state the anti-slavery case and overcome shattering defeat to win the presidency. In the years of civil war to follow, he will show mightily that the nation was right to bet on him. He was its preserver, a politician of moral integrity.

All the Powers of Earth cements Sidney Blumenthal as the definitive Lincoln biographer.

Author: Sidney Blumenthal
ISBN-10: 1476777284
ISBN-13: 9781476777283
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 784
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.80w x 1.70d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2019 pg. 57
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2019
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2019 pg. 123
Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 78
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 32
Shelf Awareness 09/13/2019