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

Six Encounters with Lincoln : A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons Hardback - 2017

by Pryor, Elizabeth Brown

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New York: Viking. 2017. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. xiii, 480 pages. Examines six intriguing, most unknown encounters that Lincoln had with his constituents. Taken togher they reveal his opionions and character in unexpected wasys, illustrating the difficulties of managing a republic anc creating a presidency. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Elizabeth Brown Pryor (1951-2015) combined careers as an award-winning historian and a senior diplomat in the American Foreign Service. She was the author of the biography Clara Barton: Professional Angel, considered the authoritative work on the founder of the American Red Cross, and Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters, which won the 2008 Lincoln Prize, the 2007 Jefferson Davis Award, the 2008 Richard B. Harwell Book Award, and the 2007 Richard S. Slatten Award for Excellence in Virginia Biography.