Lincoln

图书标准信息

• 作者 David Herbert Donald 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster
• 出版时间 1996-11
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780684825359
• 定价 163.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 720页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

DavidHerbertDonald's"Lincoln"isastunninglyoriginalportraitofLincoln'slifeandpresidency.DonaldbrilliantlydepictsLincoln'sgradualascentfromhumblebeginningsinruralKentuckytotheever-expandingpoliticalcirclesinIllinois,andfinallytothepresidencyofacountrydividedbycivilwar.Donaldgoesbeyondbiography,illuminatingthegradualdevelopmentofLincoln'scharacter,chroniclinghistremendouscapacityforevolutionandgrowth,thusillustratingwhatmadeitpossibleforamansoinexperiencedandsounpreparedforthepresidencytobecomeagreatmoralleader.Inthemosttroubledoftimes,herewasamanwholedthecountryoutofslaveryandpreservedashatteredUnion--inshort,oneofthegreatestpresidentsthiscountryhaseverseen.

【作者简介】

DavidHerbertDonaldistheauthorofLincoln,whichwontheprestigiousLincolnPrizeandwasontheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlistforfourteenweeks,andofLincolnatHome.HehastwicewonthePulitzerPrize,forCharlesSumnerandtheComingoftheCivilWar,andforLookHomeward:ALifeofThomasWolfe.HeistheCharlesWarrenProfessorofAmericanHistoryandofAmericanCivilizationEmeritusatHarvardUniversityandresidesinLincoln,Massachusetts.

【目录】

Preface

ONE · Annals of the Poor

TWO · A Piece of Floating Driftwood

THREE · Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason

FOUR · Always a Whig

FIVE · Lone Star of Illinois

six · At the Head of His Profession in This State

SEVEN · There Are No Whigs

EIGHT · A House Divided

NINE · The Taste Is in My ,Mouth

TEN · An Accidental Instrument

ELEVEN · A People's Contest

TWELVE · The Bottom Is Out of the Tub

THIRTEEN · An Instrument in God's Hands

FOURTEEN · A Pumpkin in Each End of My Bag

FIFTEEN · What Will the Country Say

SIXTEEN · A New Birth of Freedom

SEVENTEEN · The Greatest Question Ever Presented to Practical Statesmanship

EIGHTEEN · It Was Not Best to Swap Horses

NINETEEN · I Am Pretty Sure-Footed

TWENTY · With Charity for All

TWENTY-ONE · I Will Take Care of Myself

Sources and Notes

Index

MAPS

Lincoln's Early Years in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois 65 Lincoln's Illinois 117

Territorial Expansion and Slavery, 1819-1854 between167-168 Eastern Campaigns of the Civil War, 1861-1865

Major Engagements of the Civil War, 1861-1865 between 445-446