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Lincoln's Ladies - The Women in the Life of the Sixteenth President (Paperback, Revised ed.)
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Lincoln's Ladies - The Women in the Life of the Sixteenth President (Paperback, Revised ed.)
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The tumultuous experiences Abraham Lincoln had with women have long
been chronicled. Lincoln's Ladies attempts to answer the questions
of how he was affected by the women in his life and how he affected
them. Abandoned through death by his mother, his sister, and his
sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, Lincoln found it difficult to relate to
women and developed an emotional barrier that often antagonized
them. Abstract and cool, he feared intimacy and marriage and,
following Ann Rutledge's untimely death, was incapable of loving
anyone the way he had loved her, probably the only woman with whom
he shared a deep and wonderful love. Lincoln fumbled his way
through other courtships and was turned down at least twice. He
then stumbled into a strange relationship with Mary Todd--one
culminated by marriage through her trickery and his sense of
honor."" Lincoln's marriage to her was his greatest tragedy, ""a
burning, scorching hell as terrible as death and as gloomy as the
grave,"" said William Herndon, Lincoln's partner and biographer.
According to H. Donald Winkler, Lincoln's emotions and motivations
were shaped from a mixture of crippling and energizing experiences
associated with women, experiences that profoundly affected his
personal and professional lives. Lincoln's Ladies explores the
impact of more than thirty women on his life. Not overlooked,
however, are the positive impacts of women on Lincoln and he on
them, especially his stepmother, who probably was the first person
to treat him with respect and glimpse his potential.""
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Imprint: |
Cumberland House Publishing,Us
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2004 |
First published: |
October 2004 |
Authors: |
H. Donald Winkler
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Foreword by: |
Frank J. Williams
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Dimensions: |
226 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
304 |
Edition: |
Revised ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-58182-425-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-58182-425-4 |
Barcode: |
9781581824254 |
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