{"product_id":"congressman-lincoln-the-making-of-americas-greatest-president-9781451697285","title":"Congressman Lincoln: The Making of America's Greatest President","description":"The first fully realized portrait of Abraham Lincoln's ambitious and controversial early political career written by the \"gifted young historian\" (Richard Norton Smith) and author of \u003ci\u003eFounding Rivals. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChris DeRose, the \"gifted young historian\" (Richard Norton Smith) who penned one of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best Political Books\" with 2011's \u003ci\u003eFounding Rivals\u003c\/i\u003e, draws from the unpublished \"Papers of Abraham Lincoln,\" and other rare sources, to deliver the first fully realized portrait of Lincoln's controversial early political career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe years 1847 through 1849, though marked by defeat and divisiveness for Washington's newest arrival, ultimately defined Lincoln's future as president during America's darkest days. With keen insights sprung from his exhaustive research, DeRose portrays Congressman Lincoln as a leader torn between principle and viability, who once nearly dueled a political adversary; a master strategist and member of the Whig party; a reluctant husband saddled with a tormented private life; and more--in a biography so timely and relevant that House Speaker John A. Boehner quoted \u003ci\u003eCongressman Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e at length in a 2013 address to House Republicans, excerpting Lincoln's warnings about government debt \"growing with a rapidity fearful to contemplate.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Threshold Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451697285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.09h x 6.08w x 0.86d","brand":"Chris DeRose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38016829030581,"sku":"9781451697285","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_99ead210-29d1-4ee8-8c4e-08e57f6f50ab.jpg?v=1609161301","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/congressman-lincoln-the-making-of-americas-greatest-president-9781451697285","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}