The Real Lincoln Delorenzo Summary

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, gives another side of Lincoln and his time as president of the United States. The main purpose of this book is to examine myths that have been created by “Lincoln Scholars” and to hopefully expose the truth about the important events that went on during Lincoln’s time in office. (2) Thomas J. DiLorenzo wrote a total of eleven books and has also been published in national publications such as the Wall Street Journal. DiLorenzo is very well qualified of writing this book. Chapter one of the book is simply an introduction and explains, in detail, what the book is about. Chapter two however, is when the book truly begins. Chapter two goes into detail on “Lincoln’s
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War kept me interested the whole way throughout the book. There is just so much that I was not taught in school. Throughout grade school, students have always been taught that Lincoln freed the slaves. I have always thought highly of Abraham Lincoln not realizing that he made mistakes just like every other president that the United States has had. Abraham Lincoln is not the man that I have always thought him to be. While I still have respect for him, because he was once a leader of our country, I do not think of him as one of our best presidents now. Although the two articles I read really did not have much respect for this book and DiLorenzo, I think that he did an excellent job bringing the truth to light. Abraham Lincoln is one of the most famous presidents that the United States has ever had and I think that most everything that he is known for is twisted into some form of lie. As I said before, Lincoln is known for freeing the slaves but in reality, Lincoln had no intention of freeing the slaves. He did not believe that the slaves were equal to the white men and women and they did not deserve to be freed. There is a lot in this book that I think the American society needs to know. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an open mind about learning the truth about Abraham Lincoln. I believe that students need to be taught the truth from an early age instead of the fancied up version they teach in textbooks. I recommend this book to teachers who teach about our American history. I believe that they need to start teaching our students about what all happened during that defining moment in history. Lastly, I would recommend this book to those “Lincoln scholars” who believe all of the confusion and the “myths” that DiLorenzo talks