![]() ![]() ![]() Lincoln is arguably one of the most well-known and exhaustively studied American politicians, a personality on whom more than 16,000 books have been published, and whose assassination alone has been covered in over 125 books.īut here’s where Doris Kearns Goodwin differs from other scholars. The challenge with retelling the story of Abraham Lincoln, as Douglass pointed out, is that we’re pretty sure we know all the facts of his life. Any man can say things that are true of Abraham Lincoln, but no man can say anything that is new of Abraham Lincoln." - Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln, Team of Rivals, page 15įortunately, we can. The whole field of fact and fancy has been gleaned and garnered. "There is little necessity on this occasion to speak at length and critically of this great and good man, and of his high mission in the world. ![]()
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