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    Old Abe: A Novel
    Old Abe: A Novel
    Old Abe: A Novel
    Audiobook11 hours

    Old Abe: A Novel

    Written by John Cribb

    Narrated by Gary Bennett

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    Abraham Lincoln comes alive like never before.

    Old Abe: A Novel recounts the final five years of Abraham Lincoln's life, the most cataclysmic years of America's history. Bound to Lincoln's side, every page of this vivid novel details the President's struggles. We follow him as national tragedy deepens, as he struggles and presses ahead, and as he comes to life once again fighting to save the country.

    This story spans from the spring of 1860 in Illinois, to Lincoln's election and the calamity of the Civil War, to his assassination at the height of his power. During the war, death surrounds him. Lincoln walks the bloody battlefields of Virginia and Maryland. He peers down the Potomac River through a spyglass, searching for approaching Confederate gunboats that reports have warned him of. He feels death stalk him as one summer evening, a would-be assassin fires a shot that passes through his hat. At the White House, he weeps over the body of Willie, his second son to die in childhood.

    Lincoln tries desperately to hold the Union together, searching for a general who will fight for him. Amid national and personal tragedy, he struggles to find meaning in the war and bring freedom to Southern slaves.

    Central to this novel is a love story—the story of Abraham and Mary Lincoln's stormy yet devoted marriage. Mary Todd Lincoln's strong will and ambition for her husband helped drive him to the White House, but the presidency takes an incredible toll on her. Mary grows increasingly frightened and insecure. Lincoln watches helplessly as she becomes more and more emotionally unstable. He grasps for ways to support her, but finds no remedy strong enough to reverse the damage that has been done.

    As Lincoln's journey unfolds, Old Abe probes the relentless character and enduring spirit of America.

    This story portrays Lincoln not only as a flesh-and-blood man, but a hero who embodies his country's finest ideals. In the midst of America's most devastating tragedy, Old Abe captures the challenges and triumphs, the failures and successes, of one of the most famous leaders in U.S. history, who sets a divided country on track to become a great nation of the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpotify Audiobooks
    Release dateJun 1, 2021
    ISBN9781662260162
    Author

    John Cribb

    John Cribb is a bestselling author who has written about subjects ranging from history to education. His previous work includes coauthoring The American Patriot's Almanac and The Educated Child, both New York Times bestsellers; co-editing The Human Odyssey, a 3-volume world history text, and developing on-line history courses. John also worked as former U.S. Secretary of Education Bill Bennett's collaborator on the New York Times #1 bestseller The Book of Virtues. His writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, National Review Online, and several other publications. During the Reagan administration, he worked at the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. A native of Spartanburg, SC, John studied literature at Vanderbilt University. He serves on the board of trustees of the Spartanburg County Public Libraries and the board of directors of the Hub City Writers Project, an award-winning publisher of Southern fiction and nonfiction. He and his wife, Kirsten, and are the proud parents of two daughters, Molly and Sarah.

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    • 5/5
      Astonishing. I really feel like I’ve known Lincoln the man. I’m not ashamed to say that I cried at the end. Very highly recommended for many reasons.
    • 5/5
      We all know the story and how it ends.......but WOW! This is a must read!!
    • 5/5
      A warmly personal look at Abraham Lincoln during the last five years of his life. We follow him through the campaign, election, and the turmoil of the Civil War. Touching insight into the politics of this difficult time; his marriage; the loss of their second son, Willie; the strain and heartache of the War. Cribb portrays the humanity of this great man, as well as the amazing character of one of the greatest leaders in US. history.