Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

James M. McPherson

368 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James...

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informative: 100%

reflective: 28%

adventurous: 14%

challenging: 14%

hopeful: 14%

inspiring: 14%


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