In this magnificent biography, President Lincoln's personal White House secretary brings to life the true character of America's most noteworthy President.
In vivid detail, Stoddard portrays Lincoln as a pragmatic politician of humility, honesty, and integrity struggling to keep a fractured nation intact, while at the same time refusing to compromise a moral foundation based on liberty and freedom for all mankind.
Tracing Lincoln's life from early childhood to its tragic end, this biography is noteworthy not only as the best first-hand account of America's 16th President, but in its remarkable ability to parrallel Lincoln's own inner demons with those of a young nation, as together both are forced to come to grips with America's violent and intolerant past and set the course to forever define the United States as the world's beacon of freedom.
In vivid detail, Stoddard portrays Lincoln as a pragmatic politician of humility, honesty, and integrity struggling to keep a fractured nation intact, while at the same time refusing to compromise a moral foundation based on liberty and freedom for all mankind.
Tracing Lincoln's life from early childhood to its tragic end, this biography is noteworthy not only as the best first-hand account of America's 16th President, but in its remarkable ability to parrallel Lincoln's own inner demons with those of a young nation, as together both are forced to come to grips with America's violent and intolerant past and set the course to forever define the United States as the world's beacon of freedom.
