Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons

by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Book Overview

An awkward first meeting with U.S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who was a fiercely dedicated abolitionist. A tense exchange on a navy ship with a Confederate editor and businessman. In this eye-opening book, Elizabeth Brown Pryor examines six intriguing, mostly unknown encounters that Abraham Lincoln had with his constituents. Taken together, they reveal his character...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670025909
• ISBN13: 9780670025909
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"