JON MEACHAM is the author of American Lion- Andrew Jackson in the White House, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Franklin and Winston- An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship and American Gospel- God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. He is also most recently the editor of American Homer- Reflections on Shelby Foote and His Classic The Civil War. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.
“In his captivating new book, Jon Meacham has given us the Lincoln
for our time. And There Was Light brilliantly interweaves the best
of gripping narrative history with a deeper search for the complex
interplay among morality, politics, and power in a life, in a
democracy, and in an America ripped apart over slavery. Here
Meacham takes us to the heart of the president who shaped events at
‘the existential hour.’ In doing so, he fortifies us to meet our
own.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“Biography at its best, the great historian Barbara Tuchman wrote,
paints an intimate portrait of an individual which simultaneously
provides a sweeping view of history. With this deep, compelling
work, Jon Meacham has achieved this gold standard. Written with
wisdom and grace, his story of Lincoln’s complex moral journey to
Emancipation mirrors America’s long quest to live up to its
founding ideals.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin
“With his singular gift for compelling narrative and groundbreaking
analysis, Jon Meacham illuminates not only Lincoln and his times
but, just as much, the troubled society that we live in
today.”—Michael Beschloss
“Jon Meacham has given us a Lincoln for our perilous times, a story
in which slavery and racism are not an afterthought. You will not
find any recourse to myth or legend in these pages. With the
elegance of his pen and the power of story, Meacham draws a
portrait of a complex man who answered the call of history.”—Eddie
S. Glaude, Jr.
“Jon Meacham’s acute understanding of American politics yields a
singularly illuminating portrait of the greatest political leader
in our history. Meacham’s Lincoln is no prophet or saint, but no
prophet or saint could have accomplished what he did.”—Sean
Wilentz
“A masterful, highly readable biography . . . In an era when
autocracy is on the march, this timely book sheds a bright light on
Lincoln’s role as a paladin and vindicator of democracy.”—Michael
Burlingame
“So much more than another account of Abraham Lincoln’s life, Jon
Meacham’s profound new biography dives into Lincoln’s very soul,
and the result is one of the most compelling and absorbing
portraits ever crafted. This book instantly takes its place at the
forefront of the Lincoln literature.”—Harold Holzer
“An essential, eminently readable volume for anyone
interested in Lincoln and his era.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred
review)
“Pulitzer winner Meacham more than justifies yet another Lincoln
biography. . . . Nuanced and captivating . . . drawing sharp
parallels to Lincoln’s battles against ‘an implacable minority’ . .
. and today’s moment of polarization . . . For Meacham, Lincoln is
above all ‘an example of how even the most imperfect of peoples . .
. can bend the arc of the universe toward justice. . . . Richly
detailed and gracefully written.”—Publishers Weekly
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