By Sidney Blumenthal
In All the Powers of
Earth, Lincoln's incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly
revealed through the great biographer's extraordinary research and literary
style.
After a period of depression that he would ever find his way
to greatness, Lincoln takes on the most powerful demagogue in the country,
Stephen Douglas, in the debates for a senate seat. He sidelines the frontrunner
William Seward, a former governor and senator for New York, to cinch the new
Republican Party’s nomination.
All the Powers of Earth is the political story of all time.
Lincoln achieves the presidency by force of strategy, of political savvy and
determination. This is Abraham Lincoln, who indisputably becomes the greatest
president and moral leader in the nation’s history. But he must first build a
new political party, brilliantly state the anti-slavery case and overcome
shattering defeat to win the presidency. In the years of civil war to follow,
he will show mightily that the nation was right to bet on him. He was its
preserver, a politician of moral integrity.
All the Powers of Earth cements Sidney Blumenthal as the
definitive Lincoln biographer.
About the Author
Sidney Blumenthal is
the acclaimed author of A Self-Made Man and Wrestling with His
Angel, the first two volumes in his five-volume biography, The
Political Life of Abraham Lincoln. He is the former assistant and senior
adviser to President Bill Clinton and senior adviser to Hillary Clinton. He has
been a national staff reporter for The Washington Post and
Washington editor and writer for The New Yorker. His books include
the bestselling The Clinton Wars, The Rise of the
Counter-Establishment, and The Permanent Campaign. Born
and raised in Illinois, he lives in Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1476777283, Simon & Schuster, © 2019, Hardcover,
784 pages, Photographs & Illustrations, End Notes, Bibliography and Index.
$35.00. To purchase this book click HERE.
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