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10 best books like Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (Ronald C. White Jr.): American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President, Grant Moves South, 1861-1863, Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power, The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, 1861: The Civil War Awakening

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
AuthorJoseph J. Ellis
ISBN0679764410
It started when I was reading Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage, this niggling feeling of discomfort I get when reading a book when the author seems to be taking opportunities to lionize his/her subjects – or at the very least, portraying them in a simplistic, single facet. I’ve had this issue with...
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
AuthorEric Foner
ISBN0393066185
From a master historian, the story of Lincoln's—and the nation's—transformation through the crucible of slavery and emancipation.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Lincoln Prize

In this landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Eric Foner gives...
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
AuthorJames M. McPherson
ISBN1594201919
I thought this was a good companion history to Goodwin's Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Whereas that one delves into Lincoln's relationship with his fractious cabinet, McPherson's is a chronological history of Lincoln's interactions with his generals. After reading this,...
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
AuthorGarry Wills
ISBN0743299639
In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest speech in the nation’s history.

The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize...
Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President
AuthorHarold Holzer
ISBN0743299647
Winner of the Lincoln Prize

Lincoln at Cooper Union explores Lincoln's most influential and widely reported pre-presidential address -- an extraordinary appeal by the western politician to the eastern elite that propelled him toward the Republican nomination for president. Delivered...
Grant Moves South, 1861-1863
AuthorBruce Catton
ISBN0316132446
Pure gold. Of Catton's books, I would consider only A Stillness at Appomattox to be slightly better. Catton is my favorite historian along with Robert Caro. They both write with a modest and poetic tone with a fundamentally deep understanding of their subject matter based on years of research. If you...
Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power
AuthorRichard J. Carwardine
ISBN1400044561
An original and deeply insightful biography of Abraham Lincoln, already awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize.

As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents. But the story of his rise...
The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows
AuthorGabor S. Boritt
ISBN0743288203
The words Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg comprise perhaps the most famous speech in history. It has been quoted by popes, presidents, prime ministers, and revolutionaries around the world. From "Four score and seven years ago..." to "government...
Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
AuthorJames M. McPherson
ISBN0195076060
James McPherson has emerged as one of America's finest historians. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times Book Review, called "history writing of the highest order." In that volume, McPherson gathered...
1861: The Civil War Awakening
AuthorAdam Goodheart
ISBN1400040159
As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, 1861 presents a gripping and original account of how the Civil War began.

1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring...
President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman
AuthorWilliam Lee Miller
ISBN1400041031
The American president has come to be the most powerful figure in the world—and back in the nineteenth century a great man held that office. William Lee Miller’s new book closely examines that great man in that hugely important office: Abraham Lincoln as president.

Wars waged by American...
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