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An audiobook to be treasured by all history buffs: the companion volume to the ABC TV documentary.

This remarkable biography presents Abraham Lincoln as we have never before seen him. The insightful and vibrant narrative draws extensively on diaries, letters, and other primary sources to provide a remarkably close-up view of Lincoln: the boy, the homespun politician, the president, the military leader, the man with his family. Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III and Peter W. Kunhardt give us the fascinating life-- from birth to death--of the extraordinary man who was the 16th president of the United States.

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ISBN-13:	9780739383810
Publisher:	Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/30/2008
Edition description:	Abridged

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Distinguished actor of stage and screen, Frank Langella has been the recipient of the Tony Award. His stage credits and film credits include: Amadeus, Dracula, Lolita, and Diary of a Mad Housewife.

	Foreword
	Introduction
Ch. 1	Taking the Helm	3
Ch. 2	The Early Years	32
Ch. 3	The Emerging Lincoln	69
Ch. 4	The Making of a President	102
Ch. 5	1861 The War Begins	145
Ch. 6	1862 Lincoln Searches for a Leader	170
Ch. 7	1863 The Pivotal Year	200
Ch. 8	1864 Rejection, then Reelection	231
Ch. 9	1865 With Malice Toward None	261
Ch. 10	The Man in the White House	275
Ch. 11	Portrait of Greatness	318
Ch. 12	The Tragic Conclusion	341
	The Aftermath	390
	Acknowledgments	404
	Bibliography	406
	The Eyewitnesses	409
	Index	410
	Picture Credits	414
	Film Credits	415

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Editorial Reviews

This pictorial biography, a companion volume to a forthcoming TV miniseries, also stands well on its own. Most of the 900 illustrations are drawn from the Frederick Hill Meserve private family collection, a 19th-century photo archive that specializes in Lincoln material. Presented chronologically, the illustrations provide both a definitive visual record of Lincoln's life and a compelling view of the Civil War from the president's perspective. The text, by Meserve's grandson, former Life managing editor Philip B. Kunhardt Jr., and his two sons, relies heavily and effectively on quotations from Lincoln and his contemporaries. The book presents not an icon, but a man who ``wrote like a poet, laughed like a hyena, and cried real tears.'' His consuming struggle to preserve the Union eventually led him to redefine its promises and extend its freedoms in ways that determined America's future. This work convincingly sustains and enhances Lincoln's position as a dominant moral figure of our history. 125,000 first printing; BOMC alternate. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

The mystique surrounding Abraham Lincoln takes to the airwaves this fall in a documentary to be broadcast as a four-part ABC miniseries. Designed to accompany the TV series, this generously illustrated biography includes 900 photographs, daguerreotypes, drawings, paintings, and sketches depicting Lincoln from his Illinois youth, early public career, White House years, and the Civil War. While the volume is a major tribute to the 16th president, it also stands as evidence to the pursuits of Frederick Hill Meserve, who began collecting the photographs that are the book's basis. First his daughter and then his grandson, Philip Kunhardt Jr., continued his obsession. Subsequently, the latter's two sons, Philip III and Peter, were also intrigued by Lincolniana. The three male Kunhardts authored the text, and Peter is the creator of the TV documentary. Their tribute to Lincoln intersperses an engaging anecdotal narrative with pictures representing his saga and tragedy. Reasonably priced for a photographic volume, Lincoln is highly recommended for all libraries.--Boyd Childress, Auburn Univ. Lib., Ala.

Library Journal

YA-- The companion volume to an ABC television documentary, this splendid pictorial biography is filled with photographs, portraits, and illustrations of Lincoln, his family, and his contemporaries. Many of them, including original works by Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner, are from the famous Meserve Collection, a major repository of Civil War and Lincoln memorabilia. The textual accompaniment features many of the subject's own words as well as eyewitness accounts, which are set off in shaded areas. Each month of Lincoln's presidency is given a double-page spread devoted to pictures of the significant and ordinary people he encountered during that time period. A detailed bibliography gives references to primary sources and literature that would be helpful to serious and interested researchers.-- Nancy Bard, Thomas Jefferson Sci-Tech, Fairfax County, VA

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