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Abraham Lincoln: A Press Portrait Paperback - 2000

by Herbert Mitgang

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This striking portrait of Abraham Lincoln found in this book is drawn entirely from the writing of his contemporaries and extends from his political beginnings in Springfield to his assassination. It reveals a more severely beleaguered, less godlike, and finally a richer Lincoln than has come through many of the biographies of Lincoln written at a distance after his death. To those who are familiar only with the various "retouched" versions of Lincoln's life, Abraham Lincoln: A Press Portrait will be a welcome--if sometimes surprising--addition to the literature surrounding the man who is perhaps the central figure in all of American history.

The brutality, indeed that malignancy of some of the treatment Lincoln received at the hands of the press may well shock those readers who believe the second half of the twentieth century has a monopoly on the journalism of insult, outrage, and indignation. That Lincoln acted with the calm and clarity he did under the barrage of such attacks can only enhance his stature as one of the great political leaders of any nation at any time.

Herbert Mitgang is author of several books, including Once upon a Time in New York, The Man Who Rode the Tiger, The Letters of Carl Sandburg, The Return, America at Random, and Working for the Reader.

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  • Title Abraham Lincoln: A Press Portrait
  • Author Herbert Mitgang
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Pages 519
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Fordham University Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2000-07-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780823220625 / 0823220621
  • Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.45 x 5.55 x 1.13 in (21.46 x 14.10 x 2.87 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Presidents - United States, Lincoln, Abraham
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00028415
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • New York Times, 08/20/2000, Page 24
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2000, Page 41

About the author


Herbert Mitgang is an author, playwright, journalist, and teacher. He is author or editor of 15 books in the fields of history, law, literature, reportage and fiction for which he has received wide recognition and numerous awards.
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