Congressman Lincoln : the making of America's greatest president

The Resource Congressman Lincoln : the making of America's greatest president
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Congressman Lincoln : the making of America's greatest president
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the making of America's greatest president
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Christopher DeRose
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eng
Summary
In 1847, Abraham Lincoln arrived in Washington in near anonymity. After years of outmaneuvering political adversaries and leveraging friendships, he emerged the surprising victor of the Whig Party nomination, winning a seat in the House of Representatives. Yet following a divisive single term, he would return to Illinois a failed job applicant with a damaged reputation in his home state, and no path forward in politics. Defeated, unpopular, and out of office, Lincoln now seemed worse off politically than when his journey began. But what actually transpired between 1847 and 1849 revealed a man married to his political, moral, and ethical ideals. These were the defining years of a future president and the prelude to his singular role as the center of a gathering political storm. With keen insight into a side of Lincoln never so thoroughly investigated or exhaustively researched, historian Chris DeRose explores this extraordinary, unpredictable, and oftentimes conflicted turning point in his career.--From publisher description
Biography type
individual biography
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DLC
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  • 328.73092
  • B
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index present
LC call number
E457.4
LC item number
.D46 2013
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography

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