Bibliograph

Congressman Lincoln, [the making of America's greatest president], Chris DeRose

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Congressman Lincoln, [the making of America's greatest president], Chris DeRose

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

historybiography

Main title

Congressman Lincoln

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sound recording

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Oclc number

819571522

Responsibility statement

Chris DeRose

Sub title

[the making of America's greatest president]

Summary

In 1847, Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington in near anonymity. After years of outmaneuvering political adversaries and leveraging friendships, he emerged the surprising victor of the Whig Party nomination, winning a seat in the House of Representatives. Yet following a divisive single term, he would return to Illinois a failed job applicant with a damaged reputation in his home state, and no path forward in politics. Defeated, unpopular, and out of office, Lincoln now seemed worse off politically than when his journey began. But what actually transpired between 1847 and 1849 revealed a man married to his political, moral, and ethical ideals. These were the defining years of a future president and the prelude to his singular role as the center of a gathering political storm. With keen insight into a side of Lincoln never so thoroughly investigated or exhaustively researched, historian Chris DeRose explores this extraordinary, unpredictable, and oftentimes conflicted turning point in his career.--From publisher description

Target audience

adult

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