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A radical reinterpretation of America's greatest president.Where previous Lincoln biographers describe his temperament as "moderate," "passive," or even "conservative," historian Richard Striner offers a stunningly original perspective that will shed significant new light on one of the most studied figures in American history. Striner shows Lincoln's audacity as no other book has ever done. By emphasizing the workings of Lincoln's mind - stressing his cunning, his overall honesty, strategic thinking - even his ability to change his mind - Striner looks anew at many topics and themes important to Lincoln's story that either revise or add new meaning to the work of previous biographers. His insights into Lincoln's life, but also into antebellum America, and the military and political history of the Civil War, make this book indispensable for well-read armchair historians, seasoned students of Lincoln, the Civil War, or the American presidency and newcomers alike.
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I'm a history professor, and I write about a great many subjects: presidential studies, political ideology, economics, architecture, film, historic preservation. I've taught at Washington College in Chestertown Maryland for over twenty years. I'm a maverick independent, a free thinker, and I like to work "outside the box." Besides my books -- Father Abraham, Lincoln's Way, Supernatural Romance in Film, Lincoln and Race -- I've contributed to the New York Times "Disunion" on-line series on the Civil War, and I've written op eds for the Washington Post, CNN.COM, and History News Network.
