{"product_id":"lincolns-gamble-the-tumultuous-six-months-that-gave-america-the-emancipation-proclamation-and-changed-the-course-of-the-civil-war-9781451693898","title":"Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months That Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War","description":"\"A masterful psychological portrait\" (George Stephanopoulos) of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincoln's presidency, when he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn July 12, 1862, Abraham Lincoln spoke for the first time of his intention to free the slaves. On January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, doing precisely that. In between, however, was a tumultuous six months, an episode during which the sixteenth president fought bitterly with his generals, disappointed his cabinet, and sank into painful bouts of clinical depression. Most surprising, the man who would be remembered as \"The Great Emancipator\" did not hold firm to his belief in emancipation. He agonized over the decision and was wracked by private doubts almost to the moment when he inked the decree that would change a nation. It was a great gamble, with the future of the Union, of slavery, and of the presidency itself hanging in the balance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this compelling narrative, Todd Brewster focuses on this crucial time period to ask: was it through will or by accident, intention or coincidence, personal achievement or historical determinism that he freed the slaves? \"Brewster brings elegant clarity to the tangle of conflicting ideologies, loyalties, and practicalities that pushed the proclamation forward\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), portraying the president as an imperfect man with an unshakable determination to save a country he believed in, even as the course of the Civil War remained unknown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Brewster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451693898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTodd Brewster is a veteran journalist and historian who has worked as an editor for \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLife \u003c\/i\u003eand as a senior producer for ABC News. He is the coauthor, with Peter Jennings, of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling book, \u003ci\u003eThe Century\u003c\/i\u003e, which spent nearly a year on the bestseller list, the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLincoln's Gamble\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor, with Marc Lamont Hill, of \u003ci\u003eSeen and Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice\u003c\/i\u003e. Brewster was the founding director of Center for Oral History at West Point and the executive producer of \u003ci\u003eInto Harm's Way\u003c\/i\u003e, an award-winning documentary about the West Point Class of 1967. He has taught journalism at Cooper Union, Temple University, and Mount Holyoke College. A native of Indianapolis, Brewster now lives in Connecticut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939215503475,"sku":"9781451693898","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b03c7e99-f949-4236-9afd-7567a84ce97d.jpg?v=1778251381","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/lincolns-gamble-the-tumultuous-six-months-that-gave-america-the-emancipation-proclamation-and-changed-the-course-of-the-civil-war-9781451693898","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}