Global Lincoln

by Richard J. Carwardine and Jay Sexton

Book Overview

Perhaps more than any other American, Abraham Lincoln has become a global figure, one who spoke--and continues to speak--to people across the world. Karl Marx judged Lincoln "the single-minded son of the working class"; Tolstoy reported his fame in the Caucasus; Tomas Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, drew strength as "the Lincoln of Central Europe"; racially-mixed, republican "Lincoln brigades" fought in the Spanish Civil War; and,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019537911X
• ISBN13: 9780195379112
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"