Of the dozen Lincoln biographies I read, two were Pulitzer Prize winners, one is the second best-read presidential biography of all time, and six held the distinction of being the definitive Lincoln biography at one time or another.
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November , shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.
He was the commander-in-chief of the Union army during a war that took the lives of at least , Americans. He suspended the civil liberty of habeas corpus and instituted the first national military draft.
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16 th president of the United States, serving from to , and is regarded as one of America’s greatest heroes due to his roles in guiding the Union through the.
"Life of Emerson" is a biographical essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that provides a brief overview of his own life and intellectual development. The essay traces Emerson's early years, including his education and religious upbringing, and describes his evolving intellectual interests and philosophical outlook.
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"Julia Voss’s biography is the indispensable resource for anyone interested in pioneering artist Hilma af Klint. With her thousands of pages of notebooks in Swedish, af Klint remained beyond the reach of scholars without the ability to read Swedish.
Sun Yat-sen, or Sun Yixian, (born Nov. 12, , Xiangshan, Guangdong province, China—died Ma, Beijing), Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party, known as the father of modern China.
The Battle of Zama, fought in BCE, was a significant and decisive engagement in the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage. It marked the end of the war, with a Roman victory led by General Scipio Africanus.