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And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle History_Gift_Guide and human rightsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prizewinning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting howand whyhe confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Longlisted for the Biographers International Plutarch Award One of the Best Books of the Year: The