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366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency: The Private, Political, and Military Decisions of America's Greatest President
Contributor(s): Wynalda, Stephen A. (Author), Turtledove, Harry (Introduction by)
ISBN: 1628737514     ISBN-13: 9781628737516
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $16.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Dewey: 973.709
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.85 lbs) 591 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
A New York Times Best Seller

In a startlingly innovative format, journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a painstakingly detailed day-by-day breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln's decisions in office--including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5, 1861; and more personal incidents like the day his eleven-year-old son, Willie, died. Revealed are Lincoln's private frustrations on September 28, 1862, as he wrote to vice president Hannibal Hamlin, "The North responds to the Emancipation] proclamation sufficiently with breath; but breath alone kills no rebels."

366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency includes fascinating facts like how Lincoln hated to hunt but loved to fire guns near the unfinished Washington monument, how he was the only president to own a patent, and how he recited Scottish poetry to relieve stress. As Scottish historian Hugh Blair said, "It is from private life, from familiar, domestic, and seemingly trivial occurrences, that we most often receive light into the real character."

Covering 366 nonconsecutive days (including a leap day) of Lincoln's presidency, this is a rich, exciting new perspective of our most famous president. This is a must-have edition for any historian, military history or civil war buff, or reader of biographies.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.