Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons
- ISBN-10
- 0670025909
- ISBN-13
- 9780670025909
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Description
Explores the psychology, character, and leadership of the sixteenth president as evidenced by six encounters with his constituents, from an awkward meeting with Army officers on the eve of the Civil War to a White House conversation with a fierce abolitionist.
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