Kamis, 22 Maret 2018

Lincoln Chronicles: Dangerous Ambition

What happens when a small-town lawyer goes through a midlife crisis, decides to run for president on the most outrageous platform imaginable, and then actually succeeds? Abraham Lincoln was halfway into his 50th year in the summer of 1858, and he couldn’t help wondering if his achievements would forever fall short of his dreams. He …

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