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Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words

10 best books like Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words (Douglas L. Wilson): Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, A. Lincoln, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief, Eisenhower: The White House Years, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year, Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power, The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
AuthorDoris Kearns Goodwin
ISBN0743270754
Winner of the Lincoln Prize

Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.

On...
A. Lincoln
AuthorRonald C. White Jr.
ISBN1400064996

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 
NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER AWARD

Everyone wants to define the man who...
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,...
Eisenhower: The White House Years
AuthorJim Newton
An illuminating, clear and readable history of Eisenhower’s presidency. Newton concludes that Eisenhower was the right man for the times, rather than just an adequate caretaker, a babysitter-in-chief, or a bored, quiet old grandpa.

Newton emphasizes Eisenhower’s natural and consistent...
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
AuthorGordon S. Wood
ISBN0143035282
From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republic and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has blinded generations of Americans to the man he really was and makes sense of aspects of his life and career...
Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year
AuthorDavid von Drehle
The electrifying story of Abraham Lincoln's rise to greatness during the most perilous year in our nation's history

As 1862 dawned, the American republic was at death's door. The federal government appeared overwhelmed, the U.S. Treasury was broke, and the Union's top general was gravely...
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...
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.

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