About the Author

Rich Lowry was named editor of National Review in 1997 by the magazine's founder, William F. Buckley Jr. He writes a twice-weekly syndicated column and appears frequently as a political commentator on public-affairs programs. He is the author of Lincoln Unbound: How an Ambitious Young Railsplitter Saved the American Dream--and How We Can Do It Again and Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years, a New York Times bestseller.

Reviews

A quick, smoothly readable account of Lincoln the political striver, the embodiment of the Declaration's 'central idea...that every man can make himself.'"--Kirkus Reviews