Summoned to Glory, Richard Striner
Summoned to Glory, Richard Striner
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Summoned to Glory
The Audacious Life of Abraham Lincoln

Author: Richard Striner

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Unabridged: 20 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/17/2020

Synopsis

A radical reinterpretation of America's greatest president

Where previous Lincoln biographers describe his temperament as "moderate," "passive," or even "conservative," historian Richard Striner offers a stunningly original perspective that will shed significant new light on one of the most studied figures in American history. Striner shows Lincoln's audacity as no other book has ever done. By emphasizing the workings of Lincoln's mind—stressing his cunning, his overall honesty, strategic thinking—even his ability to change his mind—Striner looks anew at many topics and themes important to Lincoln's story that either revise or add new meaning to the work of previous biographers. His insights into Lincoln's life, but also into antebellum America, and the military and political history of the Civil War, make this book indispensable for well-read armchair historians, seasoned students of Lincoln, the Civil War, or the American presidency and newcomers alike.

About Richard Striner

Richard Striner is a writer, scholar, teacher, and civic activist. He served as a professor of history for thirty years at Washington College. The author of over a dozen books, Striner is also the author of numerous magazine and journal articles as well as public affair commentaries and op-eds.

Striner has served as senior writer for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission and as a consultant to the World War II Memorial Committee of the American Battle Monuments Commission.

He is the author of Summoned to Glory: The Audacious Life of Abraham Lincoln,Woodrow Wilson and World War I: A Burden Too Great to Bear, Lincoln and Race, Lincoln's Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power, and Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery. Striner has contributed to the online New York Times "Disunion" series on the Civil War and has written two cover stories for the American Scholar magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph

Put this book on the shelf next to Team of Rivals. Yes, it was that good. The author shows how Lincoln was not only a great leader but also a MASTER politician. Actually, the more I think about it, this is the only Lincoln book written since Team of Rivals that warrants a place in that elite company......more

Goodreads review by Hill

Every Lincoln book I’ve read has taught me something useful for life. Is it easy to apply his wisdom in our lives ? Not at all but we can try and fail. Perhaps we might succeed but at least in that process of striving for his qualities we will improve. A few lessons: 1. Greatness does not come from th......more

Goodreads review by John

Anyone who wants to understand the 16th US president needs to read this book. The author goes beyond the traditional hero worship and delves into Lincoln's motivations, personality, and psychology, including his dark side and ongoing depression. The author claims that Lincoln was always morally oppo......more

Goodreads review by David

Excellent must-read book. [Longer review coming shortly]......more

Goodreads review by Roy

Loved it. Loved it, loved it.......more

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