{"product_id":"we-are-lincoln-men-abraham-lincoln-and-his-friends-9780743254700","title":"We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this brilliant and illuminating portrait of our sixteenth president, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald examines the significance of friendship in Abraham Lincoln's life and the role it played in shaping his career and his presidency.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough Abraham Lincoln had hundreds of acquaintances and dozens of admirers, he had almost no intimate friends. Behind his mask of affability and endless stream of humorous anecdotes, he maintained an inviolate reserve that only a few were ever able to penetrate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfessor Donald's remarkable book offers a fresh way of looking at Abraham Lincoln, both as a man who needed friendship and as a leader who understood the importance of friendship in the management of men. Donald penetrates Lincoln's mysterious reserve to offer a new picture of the president's inner life and to explain his unsurpassed political skills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Herbert Donald is the author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are Lincoln Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLincoln\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize and was on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list for fourteen weeks, and \u003ci\u003eLincoln at Home\u003c\/i\u003e. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for \u003ci\u003eCharles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, and for \u003ci\u003eLook Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and of American Civilization Emeritus at Harvard University and resides in Lincoln, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327744577810,"sku":"9780743254700","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec74cee6-869a-4e45-84bf-305eb8ba5666.jpg?v=1727719804","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-are-lincoln-men-abraham-lincoln-and-his-friends-9780743254700","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}