Audible会員は対象作品が聴き放題、2か月無料体験キャンペーン中
-
Lincoln in Private
- What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President
- ナレーター： Ronald C. White
- 再生時間： 4 時間 56 分
商品を追加できませんでした
カートに追加できませんでした。
ウィッシュリストに追加できませんでした。
ほしい物リストの削除に失敗しました。
ポッドキャストのフォローに失敗しました
ポッドキャストのフォロー解除に失敗しました
聴き放題対象外タイトルです。Audible会員登録で、非会員価格の30％OFFで購入できます。
Lincoln in Private
批評家のレビュー
“An intimate character portrait and fascinating inquiry into the basis of Lincoln’s energetic, curious mind.... We see in Lincoln’s fragments a poised and resolute intellectual. We also see a vulnerable individual humbled by the precariousness of the nation and of its vast, uncertain future.... As Mr. White shows so persuasively, Lincoln’s quiet, personal moments laid the foundation for his enduring public legacy.” (The Wall Street Journal)
“These selected personal notes form chapters that describe Lincoln’s life in private moments. As a whole, they create a unique, intimate, highly readable, and personable biography of Abraham Lincoln.” (New York Journal of Books)
"In this elegant and illuminating book, the great biographer Ronald C. White takes us on a fascinating tour inside the mind — and the heart — of Abraham Lincoln.... An important and timeless work.” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of His Truth Is Marching On)
あらすじ・解説
“A fascinating tour inside the mind - and the heart - of Abraham Lincoln.... An important and timeless work.” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of His Truth Is Marching On)
From the New York Times best-selling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses, a revelatory glimpse into the intellectual journey of our 16th president through his private notes to himself, explored together here for the first time
A deeply private man, shut off even to those who worked closely with him, Abraham Lincoln often captured “his best thoughts", as he called them, in short notes to himself. He would work out his personal stances on the biggest issues of the day, never expecting anyone to see these frank, unpolished pieces of writing, which he’d then keep close at hand, in desk drawers and even in his top hat. The profound importance of these notes has been overlooked, because the originals are scattered across several different archives and have never before been brought together and examined as a coherent whole.
Now, renowned Lincoln historian Ronald C. White walks listeners through 12 of Lincoln’s most important private notes, showcasing our greatest president’s brilliance and empathy, but also his very human anxieties and ambitions. We look over Lincoln’s shoulder as he grapples with the problem of slavery, attempting to find convincing rebuttals to those who supported the evil institution (“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”); prepares for his historic debates with Stephen Douglas; expresses his private feelings after a defeated bid for a Senate seat (“With me, the race of ambition has been a failure - a flat failure”); voices his concerns about the new Republican Party’s long-term prospects; develops an argument for national unity amidst a secession crisis that would ultimately rend the nation in two; and, for a president many have viewed as not religious, develops a sophisticated theological reflection in the midst of the Civil War (“it is quite possible that God’s purpose is something different from the purpose of either party”). Additionally, in a historic first, all 111 Lincoln notes are transcribed in the appendix, a gift to scholars and Lincoln buffs alike.
These are notes Lincoln never expected anyone to read, put into context by a writer who has spent his career studying Lincoln’s life and words. The result is a rare glimpse into the mind and soul of one of our nation’s most important figures.
*This audiobook contains a PDF containing a selection of photographs of Lincoln’s private notes.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.