Abraham Lincoln, American Prince: Ancestry, Ambition and the Anti-Slavery Cause

by Wayne Soini

Book Overview

The relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his two most influential ancestors--his mother and "the Virginia planter," a slaveholder, a shadowy grandfather he likely never met--is rarely mentioned in Lincoln biographies or in history texts. However, Lincoln, forever linked to the cause of freedom and equality in America, spoke candidly of the planter to his law partner, Billy Herndon, who recalled his words, "My mother inherited his qualities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476688125
• ISBN13: 9781476688121
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up