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Abraham Lincon - Redeemer President - Gene C - 12-14-2013 11:17 AM
Anyone read this?
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/abraham-lincoln-allen-c-guelzo/1003077049?ean=9780802842930#product-commentaries-1
RE: Abraham Lincon - Redeemer President - Rob Wick - 12-14-2013 11:49 AM
I've got it, but haven't read it. Certainly would be considered a "must" for any Lincoln library.
Best
Rob
RE: Abraham Lincon - Redeemer President - LincolnMan - 12-14-2013 05:20 PM
I read it last year. It is well worth the read.
RE: Abraham Lincon - Redeemer President - Gene C - 05-09-2025 11:56 AM
I didn't care for it.
This book received high ratings on it's Amazon page
"A unique "intellectual biography" of America's most celebrated president.
Allen Guelzo's unique intellectual biography explores the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him as a serious thinker deeply involved in the nineteenth-century debates over politics, religion, and culture. Lincoln emerges here as a creative yet profoundly paradoxical man--a man possessed of deep moral and religious character yet without adherence to organized religion."
I wasn't really looking for an intellectual biography when I purchased this.
For me, he over emphasized many of his points. The book had a text book, research paper, feel to it. At 460+ pages it was a bit too much for me.
There were sections I enjoyed reading, but on the whole it wasn't fun to read.
I purchased my copy used and every page had at least 4-5 sections highlighted. As an after thought, it might have been required reading for someone's history class.
You can find copies on Amazon and ABE Books and other sites mentioned on the forum
https://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-President-Allen-Guelzo/dp/0802838723/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1ZZJ3AZTAMQXZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GlpUrZeHLNS5VBOGMC4eibFItae_2I8O_vd2c5NGZzjGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.qsWp3c7jJf-xuB5uyBO1kCZn9aOJ-inShg691pP7w_k&dib_tag=se&keywords=redeemer+president+guelzo&qid=1746803941&sprefix=Reedemer+President%2Caps%2C3124&sr=8-2