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There is no more familiar figure in American history than Honest Abe Lincoln. However, biographer Lynda Smith adds layer upon layer to
this transcendent and epochal president in her new book. After visiting many of the sites where Lincoln once trod, Smith takes us on an
extended interior journey through the heartache and immense decisions that dominated his life. Built on a bedrock of honesty, Lincoln is
shown to be a tireless laborer, whether wielding an axe or manually copying books he had already read several times. In addition, we see
an indomitable figure that learned at a tender age to soldier on in the face of death even when it claimed a family member. Moreover, we
are moved by the innate sense of dignity and fair play that ultimately compelled him to end the institution of slavery.
Smith is a distant relative of Lincoln and her readers cannot help but share in her connection. She portrays Lincoln in all his moods, from
witty to melancholy, and enables us to feel, as he must have when he was spinning a yarn or grieving for the departed. A deeply intelligent
and perceptive man, Lincoln sometimes seemed able to sense or divine the future. With all the losses he endured, both as a man and as
president, it is a marvel he was able to bear so much. Thanks to Smith’s empathetic portrayal, her readers will be touched as she recounts
the instances when tears trail down Lincoln’s cheeks after yet another tragic death. His own strength became the nations in the face of its
ultimate challenge, the War between the States. -Chris Cobbs, 2007 People's Choice Reporter of the Year, Orlando Magazine.
this transcendent and epochal president in her new book. After visiting many of the sites where Lincoln once trod, Smith takes us on an
extended interior journey through the heartache and immense decisions that dominated his life. Built on a bedrock of honesty, Lincoln is
shown to be a tireless laborer, whether wielding an axe or manually copying books he had already read several times. In addition, we see
an indomitable figure that learned at a tender age to soldier on in the face of death even when it claimed a family member. Moreover, we
are moved by the innate sense of dignity and fair play that ultimately compelled him to end the institution of slavery.
Smith is a distant relative of Lincoln and her readers cannot help but share in her connection. She portrays Lincoln in all his moods, from
witty to melancholy, and enables us to feel, as he must have when he was spinning a yarn or grieving for the departed. A deeply intelligent
and perceptive man, Lincoln sometimes seemed able to sense or divine the future. With all the losses he endured, both as a man and as
president, it is a marvel he was able to bear so much. Thanks to Smith’s empathetic portrayal, her readers will be touched as she recounts
the instances when tears trail down Lincoln’s cheeks after yet another tragic death. His own strength became the nations in the face of its
ultimate challenge, the War between the States. -Chris Cobbs, 2007 People's Choice Reporter of the Year, Orlando Magazine.
| Lincoln and the People Previous publish "Of Rustic Eloquence" |
As a little boy, Theodore Roosevelt watched Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession from his
grandfather’s window. As an adult, he said, “If we could speak with those who knew him, and look into
eyes that once looked into his; but in truth it is here that we find his simple greatness his great
simplicity; and though no man tried less so to show his power, no man has so shown it more clearly.”
grandfather’s window. As an adult, he said, “If we could speak with those who knew him, and look into
eyes that once looked into his; but in truth it is here that we find his simple greatness his great
simplicity; and though no man tried less so to show his power, no man has so shown it more clearly.”
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