![]() ![]() The Lincoln Miracle is beautifully written, filled with vivid and easily digested prose. ![]() The Lincoln Miracle is Achorn’s fourth book but second on Lincoln, after Every Drop of Blood, about the second inaugural address of 1865. ![]() Truly, Trump has cast the Republican party in his own image.Īgainst this bleak backdrop, Edward Achorn delivers The Lincoln Miracle, an in-depth examination of Abraham Lincoln’s successful quest for the Republican presidential nomination at the convention of 1860.Īchorn is a Pulitzer finalist, particularly interested in the 19th century and baseball. He called the Confederate Robert E Lee one of the greatest US generals and said there were good people on both sides in Charlottesville, Virginia, when white supremacists marched in August 2017 and a counter-protester was murdered. ![]() Trump grew up in Queens, a New York borough, but his heart belongs to Dixie. “So, I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, ’cause he did good, although it’s always questionable.”ĭescendants of those freed from slavery under Lincoln? They would probably differ. ![]()
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