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Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Richard Brookhiser
Originally posted on readful things blog:
Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Richard Brookhiser Abraham Lincoln grew up in the long shadow of the Founding Fathers. Seeking an intellectual and emotional replacement for his own taciturn father, Lincoln turned to the great men of the founding—Washington, Paine, Jefferson—and their great documents—the Declaration of…