At the time, writes the author, Lincoln was “far more attracted to reading, thinking, and talking than he was to farming, rail-splitting, and hunting.” Meacham astutely examines the contents of some of those books we know he read, showing their influence on his thinking. As a young boy, the future president would memorize and repeat the sermons of local pastors, and he read voraciously even though, other than the Bible, not many books were readily available on the frontier.
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Meacham follows Lincoln from his rural Kentucky roots to his assassination in 1865, paying close attention to the many influences on his ideas and values. A deeply researched look at Lincoln’s moral evolution on the issue of slavery.
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