Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln Book Detail
Hardcover: 376 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (October 14, 2014)
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books (October 14, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 046503294X
ISBN-13: 978-0465032945
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln Book Synopsis
Abraham Lincoln grew up in the long shadow of the Founding Fathers.
Seeking an intellectual and emotional replacement for his own taciturn
father, Lincoln turned to the great men of the founding Washington,
Paine, Jefferson and their great documents the Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution for knowledge, guidance, inspiration, and
purpose. Out of the power vacuum created by their passing, Lincoln
emerged from among his peers as the true inheritor of the Founders’
mantle, bringing their vision to bear on the Civil War and the question
of slavery.
In Founders’ Son, celebrated historian Richard Brookhiser presents a
compelling new biography of Abraham Lincoln that highlights his lifelong
struggle to carry on the work of the Founding Fathers. Following
Lincoln from his humble origins in Kentucky to his assassination in
Washington, D.C., Brookhiser shows us every side of the man: laborer,
lawyer, congressman, president; storyteller, wit, lover of ribald jokes;
depressive, poet, friend, visionary. And he shows that despite his many
roles and his varied life, Lincoln returned time and time again to the
Founders. They were rhetorical and political touchstones, the basis of
his interest in politics, and the lodestars guiding him as he navigated
first Illinois politics and then the national scene.
But their legacy with not sufficient. As the Civil War lengthened and
the casualties mounted Lincoln wrestled with one more paternal figure
God the Father to explain to himself, and to the nation, why ending
slavery had come at such a terrible price.
Bridging the rich and tumultuous period from the founding of the
United States to the Civil War, Founders’ Son is unlike any Lincoln
biography to date. Penetrating in its insight, elegant in its prose, and
gripping in its vivid recreation of Lincoln’s roving mind at work, this
book allows us to think anew about the first hundred years of American
history, and shows how we can, like Lincoln, apply the legacy of the
Founding Fathers to our times. Read online Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln book now.
Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln Book Review
A fresh and thoughtful approach to the tie between those who created
the United States and their heir, one who was the instrument in seeing
the Founders’ work preserved and strengthened. The Civil War both saved
our form of popular government and eradicated the Constitution’s initial
scar of legalized slavery.
As the author, Mr. Brookhiser, notes this is not a comprehensive
biography. It is more of a lively intellectual case study of political
leadership and an attempt to shed light on the variety of forces that
combined in the person of President Lincoln to make him so true and
effective.
Influences such as the Declaration of Independence, Founders
Washington and Jefferson, the power of political prose and practical
politics, and the perceived role of God in contemporary affairs are all
examined here. This book is a worthy addition to that tall stack of
books intent on helping us understand the lonely, self-made man at the
center of our Civil War. Get online Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln today.
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