About this title: The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Lincoln" and two-time PulitzerPrize winner continues his look at the 16th president with this brilliant andilluminating portrait of Lincoln's life as seen through the eyes of Lincoln'sclosest friends. of photos.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743254687ISBN:0743254686
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. (A8/8-11)Book is in good condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First paperback edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743254700ISBN:0743254708
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xviii, 269 pp., [8] pp. of plates, illus., bib. notes, index; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "'We Are Lincoln Men' examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in his presidency. Though Lincoln had hundreds of acquaintances and dozens of admirers, he had almost no intimate friends. Behind his mask of affability and endless stream of humorous anecdotes, he maintained an inviolate reserve that only a ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743254687ISBN:0743254686
Description: FINE BOOK. FINE DUST JACKET. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This is an excellent copy. Clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Hinges are in excellent condition. Corners are not bumped. Dust jacket is in excellent condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743254687ISBN:0743254686
Description: Like New in Like New jacket. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. In very good, clean condition. Shows light wear. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Examines the close friendships and explores their role in shaping Lincoln's career. Penetrates Lincoln's mysterious reserve to offer a new picture of the President's inner life and to explain his unsurpassed political skills. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743254687ISBN:0743254686
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in his presidency. Though Lincoln had hundreds of acquaintances and dozens of admirers, he had almost no friends. Brown boards, tan spine with gold-color lettering, 269 pp., historic photos, unclipped jacket. Light wear, brief owner's note on front free endpaper and two pages with tiny margin marks, otherwise clean text, tight binding, nice jacket. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743254700ISBN:0743254708
Description: Very Good. 0743254708. Smooth spine. Bumped corners. Curling pages. Price on cover is $14; 6.1 x 9.2 inches; 269 pages; From cover: "In this brilliant and illuminating portrait of our sixteenth president, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in shaping his career and his presidency. Though Lincoln had hundreds of acquaintances and dozens of admirers, he had almost no intimate friends. Behind ... read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2003-11-01
ISBN-13:9780743254687ISBN:0743254686
Description: Like New in Used; Like New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; . Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Examines the close friendships and explores their role in shaping Lincoln's career. Penetrates Lincoln's mysterious reserve to offer a new picture of the President's inner life and to explain his unsurpassed political skills. Clipped dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth Hardbound
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743254687ISBN:0743254686
Description: Very Good+ in As New jacket. 269pp including index Photo section Gift inscription on ffep, otherwise book is AS NEW. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743254687ISBN:0743254686
Description: Fine in fine jacket. Abraham Lincoln And His Friends. Hardcover, dust jacket; the book & jacket are in fine condition, with clean, unmarked pages. Photos. A very nice copy. 288 pp. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743254700ISBN:0743254708
Description: Illustrated. Fine. 6 x 9.5 trade paperback book. White lettering on the black spine with an illustrated cover. In this brilliant and illuminating portrait of our sixteenth president, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in shaping his career and his presidency. 269 pages. Fine condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster 2003
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743254687ISBN:0743254686
Description: ISBN 9780743254687. Hardcover copy in Very Good condition with Very good but price clipped dustjacket. Later Edition. Dustjacket included. read more
"Donald examines the role of friendship in Lincoln's life by exploring Lincoln's relationships with his six closest friends: Joshua Speed, business partner; William Herndon, law partner, Orville Browning, U.S. Senator; William Seward, Secretary of State; John Hay and John Nicolay, private secretaries. It was quick read having just read Donald's epic biography of Lincoln and also because the author appears to have borrowed heavily from this earlier work of his in passage after passage.
For his analysis, Donald relies on Aristotle's typology of friendship. According to Aristotle there are three kinds of friends: "enjoyable" friends, "useful" friends and "perfect" or "complete" friends. Donald concludes that Lincoln had countless enjoyable friends, many useful friends, but quite possibly no perfect or complete friends. Even people who considered themselves very close to Lincoln acknowledged, even complained, that he was very private and never shared confidences. Donald suggests that Lincoln's inability to make close friends as an adult stemmed from a childhood during which he never developed a best buddy."
"I read bits and parts of the book to my students. After school, a dear young man came in and wanted to talk about the book. What a thrill that was for this teacher!.
I gave the book to the 7th grader on the promise he would read it. He assured me he would.
I have since ordered two more. One of which I must keep for myself. Lincoln is still an important piece of history; my job is to instill this to the students. Most of all, it is my job to inspire them to read inspite of computers, ipods, and television. I guess I am a book-pusher."
"I learned some interesting things about Lincoln that I didn't know before. This book seems almost like a "companion book" to Donald's larger works on Lincoln, that I haven't read. It's written in chapters devoted to each of Lincoln's friends, & therefore doesn't follow Lincoln's life in chronological order. (Well, it does, but some of the chapters overlap.) I'm pretty linear so I found that a little disconcerting! But overall it was interesting. Maybe I didn't follow it as closely as I could have because I'm trying to read a book on Buddhism at the same time! (Yes, this linear thinker is trying to read a book on Buddhism! It's going to help me be less linear, right?! But that's another review....)"
"An interesting angle to look at President Lincoln. The author researches the lives of those who became close with Lincoln through professional and family relationships."
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