{"product_id":"9780743254700","title":"We Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWe Are Lincoln Men\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Herbert Donald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this brilliant and illuminating portrait of our sixteenth president, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in shaping his career and his presidency.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough Abraham Lincoln had hundreds of acquaintances and dozens of admirers, he had almost no intimate friends. Behind his mask of affability and endless stream of humorous anecdotes, he maintained an inviolate reserve that only a few were ever able to penetrate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eProfessor Donald's remarkable book offers a fresh way of looking at Abraham Lincoln, both as a man who needed friendship and as a leader who understood the importance of friendship in the management of men. Donald penetrates Lincoln's mysterious reserve to offer a new picture of the president's inner life and to explain his unsurpassed political skills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e It's unlikely that anyone today knows more about Lincoln than David Herbert Donald....\"\u003ci\u003eWe Are Lincoln Men\u003c\/i\u003e\" bristles with erudition....This book contains much to entertain a broad popular audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCivil War Times\u003c\/i\u003e A wise, provocative, and scrupulously judicious book that...probes insightfully into Lincoln's complex personality and ponders its impact on the Civil War era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Engaging...David Herbert Donald writes about Lincoln with unmatched authority....In short, he has given us a good book to read. He has also given us a good book to argue with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e Enlightening...insightful...The portrait of Lincoln that emerges from the observations of those who knew him best....Donald writes with clarity and grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743254700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592547774670,"sku":"9780743254700","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_b8cd709a-5941-4a7b-b7fc-736bb3f297d9.jpg?v=1646866112","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743254700","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}