The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.

FONER, Eric.

Item Number: 145130

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2010.

First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning historical portrait of President Abraham Lincoln. Octavo, original half-cloth, illustrated. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page with a quote from the book, “‘I am naturally anti-slavery’ – Lincoln. E Foner.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mark Melnick. Jacket photograph by T. P. Pearson.

Eric Foner's dedication to scholarship culminates in this landmark work, documenting the life and leadership of America's sixteenth president. From youth in Indiana to the immediate, uncompensated abolition of slavery, this book transforms knowledge and understanding about the nation's leader and his dynamic relationship with slavery. "This volume stands alone in the field. It is not only the best account ever written on the subject; henceforth, it should be regarded as the only account" (Harold Holzer, author of 'Lincoln President-Elect').