Threshold Editions, January 2013. Hardcover . Used Good/Good. Dust Jacket has some edge and corner wear, some scuffing, but still intact. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. Clearly a pre-owned and used copy but still in readable condition. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

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The first fully realized portrait of Abraham LincolnâÈçs ambitious and controversial early political career written by the âÈêgifted young historianâÈë (Richard Norton Smith) and author of Founding Rivals. 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 with a damaged reputation, and no path forward in politics. Defeated, unpopular, and out of office, Lincoln now seemed worse off 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 researched, Chris DeRose explores this extraordinary, unpredictable, and oftentimes conflicted turning point in his career. Drawing from the unpublished âÈêPapers of Abraham Lincoln,âÈë including 20,000 pre-presidential articles and a wealth of correspondence, and the secret diaries and private correspondence of LincolnâÈçs colleaguesâÈ'many cited here for the first timeâÈ'DeRose shows us a master strategist, a politician torn between principle and viability, and a man saddled with a tormented private life. Most vitally, he greatly expands our understanding of AmericaâÈçs greatest president in a biography as surprising, ambitious, and transcendent as its subject.

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Bookseller: Firefly Bookstore LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 306172
Title: Congressman Lincoln
Author: Chris DeRose
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1451695144
ISBN 13: 9781451695144
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Place of Publication: U.s.a.
Date Published: January 2013
Pages: 352
Bookseller catalogs: Biography/US Presidents & First Ladies;

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