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Abraham Lincoln in His Times

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David S Reynolds’ ‘magisterial and authoritative’ biography focuses on the relationship between the 16th president and the diverse social and cultural forces of the United States both before and during the Civil War. Lincoln’s shrewdness is revealed as he fashions an ‘Honest Old Abe’ persona, learns from America’s passionate reform movements and reshapes the nation by tapping into and influencing its zeitgeist, from political songs and cartoons to spiritualism. American-cut pages.

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