Abraham Lincoln Book Analysis

Abraham Lincoln describes the life of Abraham Lincoln, and the events leading up to his presidency and up to death. In Benjamin P. Thomas’ book, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas describes Lincoln’s life; including his early life and his presidency leading to his death. Thomas betrays Lincoln as a man of courage, strength, and perseverance. The main theme throughout the biography is how, unlike his father, Lincoln made the best out of his life. Lincoln proved to America that he could handle presidency and he could handle the pressure that comes with it. Thomas continued this theme throughout the entire biography and enhanced his writing to keep the reader interested.

Thomas started the book off by referring to Lincoln’s childhood. Abraham Lincoln was

The book was very informational, but for modern day, it seemed to make the audience stray away from the book. My opinion on how the book depicted the process of the Abraham Lincoln’s career is very justifying and he portrayed Lincoln very well. The author would go off on tangents, talking about a specific person’s background, and explaining how and why that person got there. I understand that he wanted to provide enough background information so the reader could follow along his way of explaining the chain of events, but after a lot of digression, it tires the reader, and I personally lost interest. I struggled a lot when I had to read these specific sections. The book was an easy read, but when it deviated from the main story it was difficult to want to keep reading. I did, however, like how Thomas explained why Lincoln strived for perfection and had the elegance and determination to be something. There were moments were the highlight of his book was Lincoln’s failures and him trying to get back on top, which helps the reader relate and have something in common. It was very captivating because I would picture myself in their position and I realized that common thinkers, like me, would have never controlled the issue the way they