★ 美國紐伯瑞兒童文學金牌獎
Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. Here is a warm, appealing biography of our Civil War president, illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints.
Russell Freedman begins with a lively account of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood, his career as a country lawyer, and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd. Then the author focuses on the presidential years (1861 to 1865), skillfully explaining the many complex issues Lincoln grappled with as he led a deeply divided nation through the Civil War.
The book's final chapter is a moving account of that tragic evening in Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. Lincoln: A Photobiography concludes with a sampling of Lincoln writings and a detailed list of Lincoln historical sites. Russell Freedman visited all the major Lincoln historical sites while researching this book. At the Illinois State Historical Library, he was taken into a vault containing many Civil War and Lincoln documents. It was a thrill to see one of Lincoln's handwritten letters to his wife and notes he had scrawled on scraps of paper during courtroom trials.
The photographs and prints in Lincoln: A Photobiography were selected by the author from archives in Washington, D.C., and Springfield, Illinois, as well as in Chicago, New York, and other cities.
Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. Here is a warm, appealing biography of our Civil War president, illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints.
Russell Freedman begins with a lively account of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood, his career as a country lawyer, and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd. Then the author focuses on the presidential years (1861 to 1865), skillfully explaining the many complex issues Lincoln grappled with as he led a deeply divided nation through the Civil War.
The book's final chapter is a moving account of that tragic evening in Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. Lincoln: A Photobiography concludes with a sampling of Lincoln writings and a detailed list of Lincoln historical sites. Russell Freedman visited all the major Lincoln historical sites while researching this book. At the Illinois State Historical Library, he was taken into a vault containing many Civil War and Lincoln documents. It was a thrill to see one of Lincoln's handwritten letters to his wife and notes he had scrawled on scraps of paper during courtroom trials.
The photographs and prints in Lincoln: A Photobiography were selected by the author from archives in Washington, D.C., and Springfield, Illinois, as well as in Chicago, New York, and other cities.
亞伯拉罕．林肯在人群中特別醒目，因為他的機智與幽默就跟他的身高一樣，讓人難以忽視。本書為美國內戰時期林肯總統的傳記，充滿溫度且引人入勝，書中附有許多精選照片及手稿。
羅素．弗里德曼生動描述了亞伯拉罕．林肯的童年、律師生涯、感情世界以及與瑪麗．陶德的婚姻。接著作者將重點擺在林肯的總統任期（ 1861 年到 1865 年），巧妙地闡述林肯如何於美國內戰時期，奮力帶領陷入分裂的國家面對重重問題。
最後一章來到 1865 年 4 月 14 號的福特劇院，那晚發生了令人痛心的悲劇。 Lincoln: A Photobiography 收錄了林肯的作品並記載了與林肯有關的歷史遺跡。羅素．弗里德曼在研究傳記內容時，造訪了所有主要的歷史遺跡。在伊利諾州歷史圖書館的一間館藏室內，保留了許多內戰及林肯的史料，能親眼看到林肯給妻子的手寫信以及在法庭審判時隨手寫下的紙片，讓作者悸動不已。
本書中的照片及手稿皆為作者從華盛頓特區、春田市、伊利諾州、芝加哥以及紐約等地精挑細選而來。