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The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor).From his youth as a voracious newspaper reader, Abraham Lincoln became a free thinker, reading Tom Paine, as well as Shakespeare and the Bible. In the “fascinating” (Booklist, starred review) A Self-Made Man, Sidney Blumenthal reveals how Lincoln’s antislavery thinking began in his childhood in backwoods Kentucky and Indiana. Intensely ambitious, he held political aspirations from his earliest years. Yet he was a socially awkward suitor who had a nervous breakdown over his inability to deal with the opposite sex. His marriage to the upper class Mary Todd was crucial to his social aspirations and his political career. “The Lincoln of Blumenthal’s pen is…a brave progressive facing racist assaults on his religion, ethnicity, and very legitimacy that echo the anti-Obama birther movement….Blumenthal takes the wily pol of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals and goes deeper, finding a Vulcan logic and House of Cards ruthlessness” (The Washingtonian). Based on prodigious research of Lincoln’s record, and of the period and its main players, Blumenthal’s robust biography reflects both Lincoln’s time and the struggle that consumes our own political debate. This first volume traces Lincoln from his birth in 1809 through his education in the political arts, rise to the Congress, and fall into the wilderness from which he emerged as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln. “Splendid…no one can come away from reading A Self-Made Man…without eagerly anticipating the ensuing volumes.” (Washington Monthly).

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PDF A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 with FREE PDF EDITION!

This is a terrific biography of Abraham Lincoln (well, the first of three volumes). Some time ago, I read another fine biography of Lincoln, this one penned by David Herbert Donald. Several themes emerge in this portion of Lincoln's life (1809-1849): a more full blown discussion of his relationship with his father; his developing views on slavery, his struggle to make something of himself, his early interactions with Stephen Douglas, his marriage to Mary Todd, and so on.His father, Thomas, lived a hardscrabble life. Living in the slave state of Kentucky, he was one of the white residents who had to work hard for very little money. He came to despise slavery and this led him to move to Indiana. He was hard on his son, and later, Lincoln made comments suggesting that his life was so hard that he felt something like a slave. His enmity toward the "peculiar institution" began early in life.With a move to Illinois, Lincoln settled in a new community, New Salem, and later moved to Springfield. He began to try to make something of himself and began to become a visible part of the community. He edged into politics and became a lawyer. In the 1830s, he had his first encounters with Douglas, with whom he was fated to joust politically for many years. While Douglas' political star rose, Lincoln's was sporadic, some time in the state legislature and one term in Congress. He became a figure among Whigs, often working behind the scenes, as he had seldom been in office.Of course, his on and off courtship of Mary Todd is rightly discussed at length. She was keenly interested in politics and she and L>incoln were partners in a number of respects. She was very ambitious for his success. She came from a leading family in Kentucky, so, as they say, Lincoln had married "above himself."The book provides great detail on this part of Lincoln's life. The oft-told tale of his boat trip to New Orleans and his view of a slave society and treatment of Africans had a great impact on him.One characteristic of this (and the next) volume is that at times the book leaves the narrative of Abraham Lincoln and spends time on the context in which Lincoln was growing up. The politics of the day, the leading political figures, the conflicts. . . . At times, I would think--'Where is Lincoln?" But, in the end, this embedded his life story within a larger perspective and enlightens the reading.All in all, a very fine book on Abraham Lincoln. One of the best that I have read.

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