Lincolns Greatest Journey, Noah Andre Trudeau
Lincolns Greatest Journey, Noah Andre Trudeau
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Lincoln's Greatest Journey
Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 - April 8, 1865

Author: Noah Andre Trudeau

Narrator: Barry Press

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/06/2016

Synopsis

March 1865: The United States was at a crossroads and, truth be told, Abraham Lincoln was a sick man. "I am very unwell," he confided to a close acquaintance. A vast and terrible civil war was winding down, leaving momentous questions for a war-weary president to address. A timely invitation from General U. S. Grant provided the impetus for an escape to City Point, Virginia, a journey from which Abraham Lincoln drew much more than he ever expected. Lincoln's Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24–April 8, 1865 offers the first comprehensive account of a momentous time.

Lincoln traveled to City Point, Virginia, in late March 1865 to escape the constant interruptions in the nation's capital that were carrying off a portion of his "vitality," and to make his personal amends for having presided over the most destructive war in American history in order to save the nation. Lincoln returned to Washington sixteen days later with a renewed sense of purpose, urgency, and direction that would fundamentally shape his second term agenda.

About Noah Andre Trudeau

Noah Andre Trudeau is a history graduate of the State University of New York at Albany. His first book, Bloody Roads South, won the Civil War Round Table of New York's prestigious Fletcher Pratt Award, and enjoyed a cameo appearance in the hit web television series House of Cards. His fourth book, Like Men of War, a combat history of black troops in the Civil War, was honored with the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation's Jerry Coffey Memorial Book Prize. His other books include a bestselling history of the Battle of Gettysburg and a compact biography of Robert E. Lee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by robin

Lincoln At City Point Late in his presidency and late in the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln took a sixteen day trip to City Point, Virginia. The trip was intended to give a tired, ailing Lincoln rest from the stresses of Washington, D.C. While it offered a change of scene and time for reflection, the tri......more

Goodreads review by Grumpus

I've read many Lincoln books and there is a load of new information here. Most humanizing portrayal of the man I've come across.......more

Goodreads review by David

Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau takes on a critical period of Lincoln's final weeks that has only been addressed in full a few times before. His treatment of the "sixteen days that changed a presidency" is stellar. On March 24, 1865, as Union General Ulysses S. Grant was getting ready to make......more

Goodreads review by Joseph

First off, my apologies to the author for relegating this book to the bottom of one of my TBR stacks. This book deserved to be read sooner. In my defense, I have been rather busy with holiday festivities, but that's still a lame excuse for not finishing what I started. So back to the book in questio......more

Goodreads review by Steven

A very nice work on President Abraham Lincoln's visit to General Ulysses Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia. He stayed about two weeks. This book, by the excellent Civil War historian Noah Trudeau, explores the events and the effects on Lincoln himself. Over that period of time, Lincoln spo......more

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