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Lincoln

Lincoln

by ThomasKeneally (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

Most people know little more about the US President Abraham Lincoln than how he met his end - assassinated in a theatre box by a gunman. But as Thomas Keneally, Booker prizewinning novelist for Schindler's Ark, shows in this short, but enthralling life that Lincoln's origins, his early life, his self-taught lawyer's career and how he became a politician and ultimately US president, is an epitome of the American dream. If Lincoln - without any benefits of class, wealth or contacts - could reach the pinnacle of US life then so might anyone else.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: PAPERBACK EDITION
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 03 Feb 2005
ISBN 10: 0753817403
ISBN 13: 9780753817407
Book Overview: By the Booker prizewinning novelist 'An excellent introduction to this supreme figure in American history' Sunday Telegraph 'A model of what a concise popular biography should be' Sunday Times 'Full of interesting and colourful asides' Catholic Herald 'What makes this elegant biography by novelist Thomas Keneally remarkable is its appealingly understated portrait of Lincoln the man' Guardian.

Author Bio
Thomas Keneally, of Irish extraction, was brought up in Australia and still lives in Sydney. His novels include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates (which first led him to study nineteenth century American history). Schindler's Ark was later turned into as remarkable a film by Steven Spielberg under the title Schindler's List.