Lincoln

Author: Ji Liqun
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Publish Date: 1996-05-01
Features: This is a unified biography and story. The book vividly tells the life of Abraham Lincoln, the great bourgeois revolutionary and statesman of the United States. Lincoln was born into poverty and worked as a boatman, shop assistant, carpenter, land surveyor, and postmaster before being elected president at the age of 52. In his brief four years in office, he successfully led the war against the Southern slaveholders' rebellion, preserving national unity. He united the progressive forces of the United States to abolish the evil institution of slavery through revolutionary means, paving the way for the rapid development of capitalism in America. Lincoln was a great man, but he was not a genius or a prophet. How did he achieve such monumental accomplishments? The author uses a wealth of vivid and moving materials to introduce readers to the difficult yet glorious journey and noble revolutionary spirit of this great man. The book is divided into 32 chapters. An appendix with a chronology of Abraham Lincoln's life is included at the end.