President Abraham
Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, and
an American martyr to the people who read about him. But that was not
how his sons knew him. Presidential historian Alan Manning invites
readers to see not the thoughtful, burdened president delivering the
Gettysburg Address to a war-torn nation, but a man quietly reading
bedtime stories to his sleepy-eyed sons; and not the resolute
commander-in-chief seeking out winning generals and forming war policy,
but a man wrestling with his own grown son s desire to join the army and
go off to war. A combination of history, biography, and family culture,
this book follows Lincoln from his growing law practice in Springfield
through the turbulent war years in the White House, highlighting the
same challenges that many fathers face today: balancing a successful
career with paternal responsibilities a perspective largely ignored by
previous Lincoln biographers, thus helping to complete the portrait of
one of the most popular, significant, and complex figures in American
history."
I received this book in exchange for an honest review. I quite enjoyed
this book. While we are taught a great deal about Abraham Lincoln not a
lot of information is taught about his relationship with his children.
This book is very informative and heart breaking as well. Lincoln was a
complex man, father and leader that struggled to do it all. Great job,
Mr. Manning.
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