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Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer

by Fred Kaplan

HarperCollins. 2008. 416p. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780060773342. $27.95; pap. ISBN 9780060773366. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9780061980589.

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Kaplan examines Lincoln's writings to consider how the politician drew on his gifts as a storyteller—along with his mastery of American vernacular and his extensive knowledge of the Bible, Shakespeare, and other popular sources—to exercise rhetorical power almost unmatched in his day and beyond. (LJ 9/1/08)

Reviewed by Randall M. Miller , Jan 01, 2015

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