Lincoln's Gift
How Humor Shaped Lincoln's Life and Legacy
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"Simply the best book that has been published on this great president's humor and stories.... Everyone interested in Abraham Lincoln will want to read this." (William C. Harris, author of Lincoln and the Border States)
Abraham Lincoln has long been admired for his leadership, honesty, and eloquence. But despite his somber reputation, the 16th president was quite funny. With an uncanny ability to mimic others and an irresistible midwestern twang, Lincoln, in fact, could be downright hilarious.
Brimming with his funniest quips, jokes, and stories, Lincoln's Gift explores the crucial role humor played throughout his tumultuous professional and private life. Perfect for history buffs and Lincoln enthusiasts alike, this clever and captivating biography reveals how America's greatest president used his lighter side to lead the country through one of its darkest times, the Civil War.
"Gordon Leidner ingeniously blends a study of Lincoln's humor with an account of his life, showing how our 16th president was not always a 'man of sorrows' but often a man of laughter, capable alike of enjoying as well as telling a good story." (Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life)
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The Zealot and the Emancipator
- John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom
- De: H. W. Brands
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 16 h y 40 m
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Master storyteller and best-selling historian H. W. Brands narrates the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln - two men moved to radically different acts to confront our nation’s gravest sin. The Zealot and the Emancipator is acclaimed historian H. W. Brands' thrilling account of how two American giants shaped the war for freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Never Knew That!
- De William G. Stuart en 10-19-20
De: H. W. Brands
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The Agitators
- Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
- De: Dorothy Wickenden
- Narrado por: Heather Alicia Simms, Anne Twomey, Gabra Zackman, y otros
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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In the 1850s, Harriet Tubman, strategically brilliant and uncannily prescient, rescued some seventy enslaved people from Maryland’s Eastern Shore and shepherded them north along the underground railroad. One of her regular stops was Auburn, New York, where she entrusted passengers to Martha Coffin Wright, a Quaker mother of seven, and Frances A. Seward, the wife of William H. Seward. Through exhaustive research, Wickenden traces the second American revolution these women fought to bring about, the toll it took on their families, and its lasting effects on the country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- De Nikki en 12-22-21
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A. Lincoln
- A Biography
- De: Ronald C. White Jr.
- Narrado por: Bill Weideman
- Duración: 27 h y 41 m
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In this important new biography, Ronald C. White, Jr. offers a fresh and fascinating definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity - what today's commentators are calling "authenticity" - whose internal moral compass is the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous research, utilizing recently discovered Lincoln letters, legal papers, and photographs, White depicts Lincoln as a person of intellectual curiosity, comfortable with ambiguity, and capable of changing his mind.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insight into Lincoln
- De Julieann en 02-17-10
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Three Roads to the Alamo
- The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis
- De: William C. Davis
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 27 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Three Roads to the Alamo is the definitive work about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis - the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in American history - and about what really happened in that battle.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Grandfather Dr. Death eats Applesauce on Christmas
- De McKinley L. Donnor en 07-15-20
De: William C. Davis
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James Monroe
- A Life
- De: Tim McGrath
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 28 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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The extraordinary life of James Monroe: Soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform 13 colonies into a vibrant and mighty republic.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Large and inconsistent, much like Monroe himself.
- De Kindle Customer en 01-31-21
De: Tim McGrath
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Abe
- Abraham Lincoln in His Times
- De: David S. Reynolds
- Narrado por: Leon Nixon
- Duración: 33 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Abraham Lincoln did not come out of nowhere. But if he was shaped by his times, he also managed at his life's fateful hour to shape them to an extent few could have foreseen. Ultimately, this is the great drama that astonishes us still, and that Abe brings to fresh and vivid life. The measure of that life will always be part of our American education.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Cultural History is not a biography
- De Marc M. Sager en 11-09-20
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A Soldier's Passion for Order
- Sherman
- De: John F. Marszalek
- Narrado por: Kevin Charles Minatrea
- Duración: 20 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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General William Tecumseh Sherman has come down to us as the implacable destroyer of the Civil War, notorious for his burning of Atlanta and his brutal march to the sea. A probing biography that explains Sherman's style of warfare and the threads of self-possession and insecurity that made up his character.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Honest Study of a Flawed Hero
- De Chris en 09-20-14
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One Man Great Enough
- Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War
- De: John C. Waugh
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 12 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Abraham Lincoln is the central axis of this story about America's seemingly unstoppable march toward war, the shattering of its political landscape, and its grappling with the moral underpinnings of a republic of the people, by the people, and for the people.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good historical review
- De JS en 10-01-12
De: John C. Waugh
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The Virginia Dynasty
- Four Presidents and the Creation of the American Nation
- De: Lynne Cheney
- Narrado por: Nan McNamara
- Duración: 10 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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A vivid account of leadership focusing on the first four Virginia presidents - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe - from the best-selling historian and author of James Madison.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- De Jean en 11-19-20
De: Lynne Cheney
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Redemption
- The Last Battle of the Civil War
- De: Nicholas Lemann
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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A century after Appomattox, the civil rights movement won full citizenship for black Americans in the South. It should not have been necessary: by 1870 those rights were set in the Constitution. This is the story of the terrorist campaign that took them away.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good accouting of the post Civil War suffering
- De KMB Consumer en 08-10-07
De: Nicholas Lemann
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The Bloody Shirt
- Terror after Appomattox
- De: Stephen Budiansky
- Narrado por: Phil Gigante
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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From 1866 to 1876, more than 3,000 free African Americans and their white allies were killed in cold blood by terrorist organizations in the South. Over the years, this fact would not only be forgotten, but a series of exculpatory myths would arise to cover the tracks of this orchestrated campaign of atrocity and violence.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- De W. Max Hollmann en 09-16-08
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Founders' Son
- A Life of Abraham Lincoln
- De: Richard Brookhiser
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Following Lincoln from his humble origins in Kentucky to his assassination in Washington, D.C., Brookhiser shows us every side of the man: laborer, lawyer, congressman, president; storyteller, wit, lover of ribald jokes; depressive, poet, friend, visionary. And he shows that despite his many roles and his varied life, Lincoln returned time and time again to the Founders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Research and Evenhanded Work
- De Amazon Customer en 09-26-15
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Lincoln's Mentors
- The Education of a Leader
- De: Michael J. Gerhardt
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 37
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A novel and brilliant look at how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership: acclaimed historian Michael J. Gerhardt, who appeared during the impeachment proceedings of President Trump, reveals how a group of five men mentored an obscure lawyer with no executive experience to become American’s greatest leader
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book
- De Brian en 03-07-21
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A Self-Made Man
- The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849
- De: Sidney Blumenthal
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 21 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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The first of a multivolume history of Lincoln as a political genius - from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, his assassination, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War dreams of Reconstruction. This first volume traces Lincoln from his painful youth, describing himself as "a slave", to his emergence as the man we recognize as Abraham Lincoln.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Can't Wait for Volume II!
- De NC-N-NC en 06-14-16
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Worst. President. Ever.
- James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
- De: Robert Strauss
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 443
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Worst. President. Ever. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightening - and highly entertaining - account of poor James Buchanan's presidency to prove once and for all that, well, few leaders could have done worse. But author Robert Strauss does much more, leading listeners out of Buchanan's terrible term in office to explore with insight and humor his own obsession with presidents, and ultimately the entire notion of ranking our presidents.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing
- De Jean en 01-14-17
De: Robert Strauss
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366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency
- The Private, Political, and Military Decisions of America's Greatest President
- De: Stephen Wynalda
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
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For the first time ever, the intimate thoughts and political decisions of Abraham Lincoln’s entire presidency - day by day. In a startlingly innovative format, journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a painstakingly detailed day-by-day breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln’s decisions in office - including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5, 1861; and more personal incidents like the day his 11-year-old son, Willie, died.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The format, details concise, good flow and the exploration of personalities,emotion with historical fact.
- De Anonymous User en 01-12-25
De: Stephen Wynalda
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Lincoln's Gift
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- J.
- 12-14-20
Entertaining and Educational
To a novice like myself, this book revealed some fascinating and entertaining insights into one of the most famous Americans in history.
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