Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham

Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. II, 1849-1856 (2)

The â€œmagisterialâ€ (The New York Times Book Review) second volume of Sidney Blumenthalâ€™s acclaimed, landmark biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, reveals the future presidentâ€™s genius during the most decisive period of his political life when he seizes the moment, finds his voice, and helps create a new political party.

In 1849, Abraham Lincoln seems condemned to political isolation and defeat. His Whig Party is broken in the 1852 election, and disintegrates. His perennial rival, Stephen Douglas, forges an alliance with the Southern senators and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. Violent struggle breaks out on the plains of Kansas, a prelude to the Civil War.

Lincoln rises to the occasion. Only he can take on Douglas in Illinois. He finally delivers the dramatic speech that leaves observers stunned. In 1855, he makes a race for the Senate against Douglas, which he loses when he throws his support to a rival to prevent the election of a proslavery candidate. In Wrestling With His Angel, Sidney Blumenthal explains how Lincoln and his friends operate behind the scenes to destroy the anti-immigrant party in Illinois to clear the way for a new Republican Party. Lincoln takes command and writes its first platform and vaults onto the national stage as the leader of a party that will launch him to the presidency.

The Washington Monthly hailed Blumenthalâ€™s Volume I as, â€œsplendidâ€¦no one can come away from reading A Self-Made Man without eagerly anticipating the ensuing volumes.â€ Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning author Diane McWhorter hailed Volume II as â€œdramatic narrative history, prophetic and intimate.â€ Wrestling With His Angel brings Lincoln from the wilderness to the peak of his career as he is determined to enter into the battle for the nationâ€™s soul and to win it for democracy.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781501153792
ReleaseDate 2018-05-22
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781501153792

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781501153792
ReleaseDate	2018-05-22
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781501153792

Wrestling With His Angel: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. II, 1849-1856 (2)

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