Abraham Lincoln - Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President

Informationen zum Autor Brian Lamb is C-SPAN's chairman and CEO and longtime on-camera interviewer, noted for his "just the facts" style of interviewing. Many of the essays in this book are drawn from Booknotes, Lamb's long-running author-interview program, while others were conducted for C-SPAN's special history series on Lincoln and on the American presidency. Lamb lives in Arlington, Virginia. Susan Swain is President & co-Chief Operating Officer of C-SPAN. For more than twenty-five years, she has been an on-air interviewer for the program. A regular moderator of Washington Journal , she's interviewed hundreds of members of Congress, policy experts, journalists, and several presidents. She lives in Northern Virginia. Klappentext Published in conjunction with C-SPAN's year-long celebration of the Lincoln bicentennial! this work offers an enlightening! wide-ranging anthology of essays on Lincoln by top historians. Zusammenfassung In this beautifully designed volume, America's top Lincoln historians offer a diverse array of perspectives on the life and legacy of America's sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln's life -- from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865 -- these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on a defining leader. Extras include a timeline of Lincoln's life, brief biographies of the 56 contributors, and Lincoln's most famous speeches.

Product details

• Authors: C-SPAN C-SPAN, Brian Lamb, Brian Swain Lamb, Susan Swain
• Assisted by: C-Span (Editor), C-SPAN C-SPAN (Editor), Brian Lamb (Editor), Susan Swain (Editor)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2010
• EAN: 9781586487744
• ISBN: 978-1-58648-774-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: C-Span Books; C-Span Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State