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I Am Abraham: a Novel of Lincoln and the Civil War Unabridged edition
Jerome Charyn
I Am Abraham: a Novel of Lincoln and the Civil War Unabridged edition
Jerome Charyn
Tracing the historic arc of Abraham Lincoln's life from his picaresque days as a gangly young man in Sangamon County, Illinois, through his improbable marriage to Kentucky belle Mary Todd, to his 1865 visit to war-shattered Richmond only days before his assassination, I Am Abraham hews to the familiar Lincoln saga, seamlessly braiding Lincoln family members and military figures with a parade of fictional extras - wise-cracking knaves, conniving hangers-on, patriotic whores, and dying soldiers. Using biblically cadenced prose, cornpone nineteenth-century humor, and Lincoln's own letters and speeches, Jerome Charyn concocts a profoundly moral but troubled commander in chief, whose relationship with his Ophelia-like wife and sons - Robert, Willie, and Tad - is explored with penetrating psychological insight, utmost compassion, and the most ingenious novelistic license.
Media | Audio Book MP3-CD (CD with MP3-files) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | February 3, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781629232744 |
Label | Dreamscape Media |
Dimensions | 144 × 124 × 10 mm · 81 g |
Language | English |
Contributor | Arthur Morey |
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