Celebrity and Era · Lincoln Era

Author: [German] Emil Ludwig
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: If you don’t know what a son of an illegitimate daughter can achieve, read about Lincoln; if you don’t know what a child from a destitute family can achieve, read about Lincoln; if you don’t know what a child who lost his mother at the age of nine can achieve, read about Lincoln; if you don’t know what a carpenter’s son can do, read about Lincoln; if you don’t know what a man who worked as a firewood splitter, a shop assistant, and only attended school for one year can achieve, read about Lincoln; if you don’t know what a man who went bankrupt in business at the age of twenty-two, lost his job at twenty-three, and went bankrupt again after borrowing money to start a business at twenty-four can achieve, read about Lincoln; if you don’t know what a man who failed in his bid for governor at the age of twenty-three, failed in his attempt to become an elector at thirty-one, failed in his congressional election at thirty-four, failed in his bid for re-election to Congress at thirty-nine, and failed in his campaign for the U.S. Senate at the age of forty-five can achieve, read about Lincoln; starting from a background of "having nothing," from the "oppressed underclass," and from a political career marked by "repeated failures," he forged an "Age of Lincoln." Marx once remarked, "In the history of the United States and in the history of humanity, Lincoln will stand side by side with Washington!" This book is based on the renowned work Lincoln by the "New Biography" writer Emil Ludwig.