Abraham Lincoln
ASIN: B00NW16WU6
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 34
**25-page PROMOTIONAL EXCERPT OF HARDCOVER/PAPERBACK** (Optimized for Kindle. For an alternative free excerpt on the web, Google "sites votelincoln." Type "votelincoln" as one word.)Lincoln for President!Abraham Lincoln's authorized biography was the most influential campaign book in American history. In 1860, it catapulted him to the White House and was secretly coauthored by the candidate with John Locke Scripps, a founder of the Chicago Tribune. Their book is discreetly Lincoln on Lincoln and often presents the candidate in remarkably modern terms. He defends his antiwar past; critiques the Supreme Court on civil liberties; supports big government programs; and favors American workers and industry over foreign-made products.Nevertheless, Mr. Lincoln's campaign biography is a unique product of his time, not ours. Within its pages, an eternal legend comes to life: From a troubled ...