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The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln

by Michael Burlingame

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Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalBiography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of StateHistory / GeneralHistory / United States / 19th CenturyPolitical Science / Political Process / LeadershipPolitical Science / Political Process / General

Description

Based primarily on long-neglected manuscript and newspaper sources--and especially on reminiscences of people who knew him--this psychobiography casts new light on Lincoln. Burlingame uses a blend of Freudian and Jungian theory to interpret the psyche of the 16th president.

Book Details

Publisher:
University of Illinois Press
Published:
1997
Pages:
416
Language:
EN
ISBN:
9780252066672