WHO ON EARTH WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN? The Rail-Splitter Who Split a Nation to Save It from Slavery? In the spring of 1865, mere days after the guns of the Civil War had fallen silent, a man in a black overcoat moved through the muddy streets of Washington, D.C., largely unremarked upon despite the facts that he was one of the most famous faces in the country. His legs were long and slender, swinging gracefully beneath him as if they were used to carrying a heavy load. He was, after all, the president who had held the Union together through words, strategy and a sense of moral clarity that could be almost painful. But Abraham Lincoln wasn’t always the Great Emancipator. He spent most of his life out of reach of that identity — so deeply ingrained into our country’s mythology. Lincoln born in a log cabin, in the wilderness of Kentucky, and bred on the border of civilization, with less than a year of schooling. He was gawky, self-conscious, slow to anger. He was not a war hero or a firebrand. He read voraciously, worked with his hands, and told stories so vivid and odd they’d make a roomful of lawyers stop and lean in. Grab a copy of this book now!
