
Rebirthing Lincoln, a Biography
How an Illinois Lawyer Kept Secret His Illegitimate Birth and Won the 1860 Presidential Nomination of the Northern States Republican Party
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Howard Ray White
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Rebirthing Lincoln, a Biography by Southern Historian Howard Ray White is the most impressive and truthfully educational book of the 13 books he has authored to date. White's biography of President Abraham Lincoln properly tells the essential biographical history concerning "how an Illinois lawyer kept secret his illegitimate birth and won the 1860 presidential nomination of the northern states' Republican party".
White presents crucial and fundamental Lincoln history never before revealed to the American public and Rebirthing is his greatest contribution to educating listeners who thirst for understanding about why and how our ancestors suffered our country's horrific tragedy known as the American Civil War. Rebirthing presents the key to acquiring truthful knowledge concerning Abraham Lincoln’s behavior from birth to his first months as president because the key is knowing that his biological father was almost certainly not Thomas Lincoln of Kentucky, as he claimed, but almost certainly Abraham Enloe of North Carolina, and that he was born in that state four years before the birth date he claimed.
In this audiobook, you will discover Abe’s parents and grandparents, his primitive life growing up, his success in becoming a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, his political career as a state legislator (eight years) and as a congressman (two years). Years later, during the uproar over Bleeding Kansas, you will see him rise from a two-man law office to become leader of the Illinois Republican Party and, from that point, soar upward to become president of the remaining United States.
But more importantly, White shows you how Abraham Lincoln’s behavior was, throughout his remarkably successful adult life, focused on always keeping secret his illegitimate birth in North Carolina, because news about that would certainly destroy his political advancement. Perhaps, you read/listened to a Lincoln biography a few years ago. That does not matter. This new book is your must-listen biography!
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Every American should understand the Rebirthed President and his Eagerness to Start the War
I felt compelled to research Abraham Lincoln and present this heavily documented biography of his life. After you have read the paperback book or hardback book, read the e-book or listened to the audiobook, your view of America’s horrific war launched by the Northern States Republican Party and defended by the Southern States Democratic Party will be forever changed. One million died. Never again allow hatefulness between supporters of American political parties devolve into a conflict which results in the death of millions of our people.
Howard Ray White
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