5/15/2023 0 Comments Author in Chief by Craig FehrmanBut it also reveals something about his heart and mind. Political Debates sold fifty thousand copies-the rough equivalent of half a million books in today’s market-and it reveals something about Lincoln’s presidential ambitions. Lincoln labored in secret to get his book ready for the 1860 election, tracking down newspaper transcripts, editing them carefully for fairness, and hunting for a printer who would meet his specifications. Yet few can name the work that helped win him the presidency: his published collection of speeches entitled Political Debates Between Hon. Most Americans are familiar with Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Craig Fehrman’s Author in Chief: The Untold Story of our Presidents and the Books They Wrote examines the books American presidents have written, and how those books have influenced our culture.
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