Lincoln’s Virtues (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: William Lee Miller
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Biography and ethics
- Time of Work: 1809-1861
- Setting: Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, William Herndon, Zachary Taylor, Henry Clay, Edwin Stanton, William Seward, Lyman Trumbull
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Slavery or slaves, Civil War, War, Elections, Politicians, Lawyers, Equality, Ethics, Presidents, Morality or morals, Illinois, Heads of state, Orators or orations
- Locales: Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Indiana
This book’s subtitle, An Ethical Biography, describes very well what distinguishes William Miller’s approach from the hundreds of books that have been written on Abraham Lincoln since his assassination in April, 1865. His focus is not on Lincoln’s service as a war president but rather on Lincoln’s moral convictions, which many commentators have badly misunderstood. Miller argues persuasively that Abraham Lincoln is still the most admired American president for a variety of reasons. Lincoln combined political skill with strong ethical beliefs, but Miller also shows that...
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