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The Last Best Hope of Earth

Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America

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PAPERBACK

$32.50 • £26.95 • €29.50

ISBN 9780674511262

Publication Date: 03/05/1995

Short

320 pages

97 halftones in three 32 page inserts

World

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  • 1. Peculiar Ambition
  • 2. Republican Robe
  • 3. Commander in Chief
  • 4. Emancipation
  • 5. A Free People Conduct a Long War
  • 6. Politics as Usual
  • 7. Fate
  • Notes
  • Index

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