TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGovern,George S.
TI  - Abraham Lincoln 
T2  - The American presidents series
SN  - 9780805083453
AV  - E 457 .M459 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Times Books/Henry Holt and Co.
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1861-1865
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index; Editor's note -- Prologue: Greatness of Lincoln -- 1: Humble beginnings -- 2: Making of a statesman -- 3: Lincoln and the union -- 4: Lincoln and the emancipation -- 5: Lincoln and total war -- 6: Politics in wartime -- 7: Rising above the fray: second term -- 8: Victory and death -- Epilogue: Nation Lincoln made -- Notes -- Milestones -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - From the Publisher: America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president-the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young republic collapsed of its own contradictions and a new birth of freedom, sanctified by blood, created the United States we know today. His story has been told many times, but never by a man who himself sought the office of president and contemplated the awesome responsibilities that come with it. George S. McGovern-a Midwesterner, former U.S. senator, presidential candidate, veteran, and historian by training-offers his unique insight into our sixteenth president. He shows how Lincoln sometimes went astray, particularly in his restrictions on civil liberties, but also how he adjusted his sights and transformed the Civil War from a political dispute to a moral crusade. McGovern's account reminds us why we hold Lincoln in such esteem and why he remains the standard by which all of his successors are measured
ER  -