![]() ![]() But it also reveals something about his heart and mind. Political Debates sold fifty thousand copies-the rough equivalent of half a million books in today’s market-and it reveals something about Lincoln’s presidential ambitions. ![]() Lincoln labored in secret to get his book ready for the 1860 election, tracking down newspaper transcripts, editing them carefully for fairness, and hunting for a printer who would meet his specifications. Yet few can name the work that helped win him the presidency: his published collection of speeches entitled Political Debates Between Hon. Most Americans are familiar with Lincoln’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. ![]() Craig Fehrman’s Author in Chief: The Untold Story of our Presidents and the Books They Wrote examines the books American presidents have written, and how those books have influenced our culture. ![]()
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