Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography
by MILLER, William Lee
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 037540158X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401589
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 037540158X . A stated first edition of William Lee Miller's "ethical biography" of Abraham Lincoln. In this work, the author explores how Mr. Lincoln, coming from a poor background in the frontier of early-19th century Illinois and with little schooling, came to be the thoughtful, moral leader of the United States. --- In tan and brown paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with photographic portrait of Mr. Lincoln to front panel. --- A well-preserved, newish copy, in similar, unclipped jacket which is wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvi, 515 pages .
Synopsis
William Lee Miller has taught at Yale University, Smith College, Indiana University, and the University of Virginia, where he is currently Miller Center of Public Affairs Scholar in Ethics and Institutions. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Arguing About Slavery (1996), which won the D. B. Hardeman Prize for the best book on Congress.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85076
- Title
- Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography
- Author
- MILLER, William Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 037540158X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401589
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 037540158X
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; >>US Presidents; >>Abraham Lincoln;
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