TY - GEN T1 - Abraham Lincoln : a biography A1 - Thomas, Benjamin Platt, 1902-1956 LA - English PP - Carbondale PB - Southern Illinois University Press YR - 2008 ED - Southern Illinois University Press pbk. ed. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn435833582 AB - Long considered a classic, Benjamin P. Thomas's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography takes an incisive look at one of American history's greatest figures. Originally published in 1952 to wide acclaim, this eloquent account rises above previously romanticized depictions of the sixteenth president to reveal the real Lincoln: a complex, shrewd, and dynamic individual whose exceptional life has long intrigued the public. Thomas traces the president from his hardscrabble beginnings and early political career, through his years as an Illinois lawyer and his presidency during the Civil War. Although Lincol. OP - 534 NO - Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1952. CN - E457 .T427 2008eb SN - 9781441619594 SN - 1441619593 SN - 9780809386925 SN - 0809386925 SN - 1280698489 SN - 9781280698484 SN - 9786613675446 SN - 661367544X SN - 9780809328871 SN - 0809328879 KW - Lincoln, Abraham, : 1809-1865. KW - Lincoln, Abraham, : 1809-1865 KW - Presidents : United States : Biography. KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Historical. KW - HISTORY. KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Biographies KW - Biographies. ER -