The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
The Fiery Trial was selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review. This landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9780393080827
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Abraham LincolnAmerican slaveryCivil War era politics
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(2011)
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryWonMajor(2011)
Other awarded books from Eric Foner
- Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877
- The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
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