In the palm restaurant at dupont circle, amid the buzz of washington s political talk, sidney blumenthal is discussing john browns raid of 1859 and its place in his biography of abraham lincoln. Sidney blumenthal is the author of the new biography a selfmade man. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a selfmade man. Wrestling with his angel the political life of abraham lincoln, volume ii, 18491856 by sidney blumenthal illustrated. But a close and perceptive observer of contemporary politics and someone who remains near to the practice and wielding of political power he is. His many other books include the clinton wars and the rise of the counterestablishment. And of course, they talk about current politics, too. It is one of the virtues of sidney blumenthals account in the political life of abraham lincoln that it does not approach this question by reference to lincolns biography alone. Sidney blumenthal is the author of all the powers of earth, the third volume in his fivevolume biography, the political life of abraham lincoln, published in september 2019 by simon and schuster. He is the former assistant and senior adviser to president bill. Sidney blumenthals lincoln sounds a lot like the clintons.
Sidney blumenthal, the chicago native who formerly served as the. In 1849, abraham lincoln seems condemned to political. He has been a national staff reporter for the washington post and washington editor and. Wrestling with his angel abraham lincoln book shop inc. Wrestling with his angel follows lincoln through his. Sidney blumenthal books list of books by author sidney. Sidney stone blumenthal is an american journalist, activist, writer, and political aide. Lincoln takes command and writes its first platform and vaults onto the national stage as the leader of a party that will launch him to the presidency. Blumenthal is also the author of a multivolume biography of abraham lincoln, the political life of abraham lincoln. Sidney blumenthal is the author of the clinton wars 3. Sidney blumenthal talked about his book, all the powers of earth. It reflects both lincolns time and the struggle that consumes our own political debate. The years 18561860 were tumultuous ones in american history, and blumenthal astutely examines many seminal events.
Sidney blumenthal, former senior adviser to president clinton, talks about the second volume of his political biography of abraham lincoln, wrestling with his angel, at the 17th annual national. He has been a national staff reporter for the washington post, washington editor and staff writer for the new yorker, senior writer for the new republic, and contributed to numerous additional publications his books include the. The emergence of abraham lincoln washington monthly. A robust portrayal, reflecting on abraham lincolns time and struggle during his early political career. He is a former senior advisor to both bill clinton and hillary clinton, as well as a former reporter for the washington post and editor and writer for.
Former clinton aide blumenthal tackles lincolns life in 5 volumes. Dc veteran sidney blumenthal has written a new book about lincoln. Sidney blumenthal on his new book on prepresident lincoln. Sidney blumenthal is the former assistant and senior adviser to president bill. Now sidney blumenthal, an acclaimed journalist and political advisor to president bill clinton and secretary hillary clinton, dispels the notion of a lincoln too noble for politics in the first volume of his planned fourvolume work on the sixteenth president, a selfmade man.
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A friend of the clintons and former bostonbased journalist, sidney blumenthal joins jim with his new book about a prepresident lincoln, a selfmade man. Chronicles of a radical regime by sidney blumenthal 20060830 by sidney blumenthal 1 january 1755. Author sidney blumenthal on abraham lincoln jewish week. A longtime scholar of lincoln or the 19th century he is not. Sidney blumenthal turns his sights on trump read more given that blumenthal isnt an academic, i ask about. Iii, 18561860, in which he continued his multivolume political biography of. Sidney blumenthal tells story of lincolns political.
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