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And there was light, Abraham Lincoln and the American struggle, Jon Meacham

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And there was light

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Jon Meacham

Abraham Lincoln and the American struggle

Jon Meacham chronicles the life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln and explores why and how Lincoln confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery in order to expand the possibilities of America. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier in 1809 to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination at Ford's Theater on Good Friday 1865: his rise, his self-education through reading, his loves, his bouts of depression, his political failures, his deepening faith, and his persistent conviction that slavery must end. In a nation shaped by the courage of the enslaved of the era and by the brave witness of Black Americans of the nineteenth century, Lincoln's story illuminates the ways and means of politics, the marshaling of power in a belligerent democracy, the durability of white supremacy in America, and the capacity of conscience to shape the maelstrom of events

Introduction: a big, inconsistent, brave man -- Part I: Clothed in bone & nerve, beginnings to 1846. My mind and memory -- Abe was hungry for books -- I am humble Abraham Lincoln -- Founded on injustice and bad policy -- She had the fire, will, and ambition -- Part II: The banner he bears, 1846-1849. From the very depths of society -- We have got to deal with this slavery question -- The conscience of the nation must be roused -- To understand the moral universe -- If all earthly power were given to me -- The hateful embrace of slavery -- By White men fromt he benefit of White men -- Part III: Right makes might, 1859-1861. Let us dare to do our duty -- God help me, God help me -- He has a will of his own -- To take the Capitol by violence -- Part IV: My whole soul is in it, 1861-1863. The momentous issue of civil war -- "A White man's war" -- My boy is gone, he is actually gone -- I think the time has come now -- The president has done nobly -- Part V: A new birth of freedom, 1863-1864. That all men could be free -- Who shall be the next president? -- The strife of the election -- Part VI: His illimitable work, 1864 to the end. The great moral victory -- The almight has his own purposes -- Old Abe will come out all right -- Lincoln was slain; America was meant -- I see now the wisdom of his course

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Abraham Lincoln and the American struggle