Differ We Must - How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

An instant A compelling and nuanced exploration of Abraham Lincoln’s political acumen, illuminating a great politician’s strategy in a country divided--and lessons for our own disorderly present In 1855, with the United States at odds over slavery, the lawyer Abraham Lincoln wrote a note to his best friend, the son of a Kentucky slaveowner. Lincoln rebuked his friend for failing to oppose slavery. But he added: “If for this you and I must differ, differ we must,” and said they would be friends forever. Throughout his life and political career, Lincoln often agreed to disagree. Democracy demanded it, since even an adversary had a vote. The man who went on to become America’s sixteenth president has assumed many roles in our historical consciousness, but most notable is that he was, unapologetically, a politician. And as Steve Inskeep argues, it was In As the host of NPR’s

About the author

Steve Inskeep is a cohost of NPR’s Morning Edition, the most widely heard radio program in the United States, and of NPR’s Up First, one of the nation’s most popular podcasts. His reporting has taken him across the United States, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, Pakistan, and China. His search for the full story behind the news has led him to history; he is the author of Instant City, Jacksonland, and Imperfect Union.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Inskeep, Inskeep Steve
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.02.2025
• EAN: 9780593297889
• ISBN: 978-0-593-29788-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 213 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Biography: general, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State