Life of Abraham Lincoln: With a Condensed View of his Most Important Speeches

By Joseph Hartwell Barrett

Book Overview

Life of Abraham Lincoln - With a Condensed View of his Most Important Speeches is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3337415865
• ISBN13: 9783337415860
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Hansebooks
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

"He is the true history of the American people in his time."

Mr. Barrett, the author, was both a contemporary and strong partisan of his subject. His book is a product of its time, 1865. Nonetheless, it contains many interesting passages about a number of subjects still argued over. As examples, General McCellan is reported on in detail (and excoriated) and the war powers of a president under the U.S. Constitution are discussed in length, given the pointed criticism President Lincoln received for suspending the writ of habeas corpus. I greatly enjoyed the full text that is often provided of President Lincoln's statements and addresses. While pages on the detail of certain battles will be wearying for the modern reader, this book should be owned and read by every serious student of Abraham Lincoln.