Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails

Zusatztext ". . . an original take on Lincoln's presidency" Informationen zum Autor Tom Wheeler is managing director of Core Capital and the author of Take Command: Leadership Lessons from the Civil War . He is chairman and president of the Foundation for the National Archives, a nonprofit organization dedicated to telling the American story through its documents, and a former director of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). He lives in Washington, D.C. Klappentext Abraham Lincoln's two great legacies to history--his extraordinary power as a writer and his leadership during the Civil War--come together in this close study of the President's use of the telegraph. Invented less than two decades before he entered office, the telegraph came into its own during the Civil War. In a jewel-box of historical writing, Wheeler captures Lincoln as he adapted his folksy rhetorical style to the telegraph, creating an intimate bond with his generals that would ultimately help win the war. Zusammenfassung Abraham Lincoln's two great legacies to historyhis extraordinary power as a writer and his leadership during the Civil Warcome together in this close study of the President's use of the telegraph. Invented less than two decades before he entered office! the telegraph came into its own during the Civil War. In a jewelbox of historical writing! Wheeler captures Lincoln as he adapted his folksy rhetorical style to the telegraph! creating an intimate bond with his generals that would ultimately help win the war.

. . . an original take on Lincoln's presidency

Autorentext
Tom Wheeler is managing director of Core Capital and the author of Take Command: Leadership Lessons from the Civil War. He is chairman and president of the Foundation for the National Archives, a nonprofit organization dedicated to telling the American story through its documents, and a former director of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). He lives in Washington, D.C.

Klappentext
Abraham Lincoln's two great legacies to history--his extraordinary power as a writer and his leadership during the Civil War--come together in this close study of the President's use of the telegraph. Invented less than two decades before he entered office, the telegraph came into its own during the Civil War. In a jewel-box of historical writing, Wheeler captures Lincoln as he adapted his folksy rhetorical style to the telegraph, creating an intimate bond with his generals that would ultimately help win the war.

Zusammenfassung
Abraham Lincoln's two great legacies to history—his extraordinary power as a writer and his leadership during the Civil War—come together in this close study of the President's use of the telegraph. Invented less than two decades before he entered office, the telegraph came into its own during the Civil War. In a jewel–box of historical writing, Wheeler captures Lincoln as he adapted his folksy rhetorical style to the telegraph, creating an intimate bond with his generals that would ultimately help win the war.

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