So began the life of one of the most remarkable politicians and presidents the United States has ever seen. A frontier boy, and son of a subsistence farmer, Abraham Lincoln created his own opportunities in the harsh baclcvvaters of Kentuclej and Ohio.
In this intimate biography, Thomas Keneally, prize-winning author of Schindler's Ark, paints a picture of a man tortured by self-doubt and ambition, possessed of powerful charm yet burdened by depression. From his battle against slavery to his leadership through the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was an electrifying orator whose life was dramatically ended one night by a single shot.
作者简介：
Thomas Keneally, born in northern New South Wales in 1935, began his highly successful writing career over thirty years ago. His fiction, which is often inspired by real events, includes Confederates, Gossip from the Forest, The Chant of limmie Blacksmith and A Family Madness. Four of his novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Schindler's Ark winner of the prize in 1982-has sold more copies than any other Booker prizewinner. Married, with two daughters, he lives in Sydney, Australia.
