![]() ![]() Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. “In his captivating new book, Jon Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus ReviewsA president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how-and why-he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle By Jon Meacham ![]()
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