Explore the making of a president in Michael J. Gerhardt’s *Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader*. This captivating biography unveils the key figures who shaped Abraham Lincoln’s character and leadership skills. Go beyond the familiar narrative and discover the surprising influence of individuals like Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and others on Lincoln’s political journey. Gerhardt, a constitutional law expert, reveals how Lincoln absorbed their lessons, adapted their strategies, and ultimately forged his own path to greatness, guiding a divided nation through its darkest hour. This Mariner Books paperback provides a fresh perspective on the education of one of America’s most iconic figures. Perfect for history buffs and anyone seeking insights into leadership development.
Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader
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A brilliant and novel examination of how Abraham Lincoln mastered the art of leadership
Abraham Lincoln had less schooling than all but a couple of other presidents, and more wisdom than every one of them. In this original, insightful book, Michael Gerhardt explains how this came to be.” H.W. Brands, Wall Street Journal
In 1849, when Abraham Lincoln returned to Springfield, Illinois, after two seemingly uninspiring years in the U.S. House of Representatives, his political career appeared all but finished. His sense of failure was so great that friends worried about his sanity. Yet within a decade, Lincoln would reenter politics, become a leader of the Republican Party, win the 1860 presidential election, and keep America together during its most perilous period. What accounted for the turnaround?
As Michael J. Gerhardt reveals, Lincolns reemergence followed the same path he had taken before, in which he read voraciously and learned from the successes, failures, oratory, and political maneuvering of a surprisingly diverse handful of men, some of whom he had never met but others of whom he knew intimatelyHenry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, John Todd Stuart, and Orville Browning. From their experiences and his own, Lincoln learned valuable lessons on leadership, mastering party politics, campaigning, conventions, understanding and using executive power, managing a cabinet, speechwriting and oratory, andwhat would become his most enduring legacydeveloping policies and rhetoric to match a constitutional vision that spoke to the monumental challenges of his time.
Without these mentors, Abraham Lincoln would likely have remained a small-town lawyerand without Lincoln, the United States as we know it may not have survived. This book tells the unique story of how Lincoln emerged from obscurity and learned how to lead.
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| Pages | 496 |
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| Weight | 531 |
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