The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln by Thomas Dilorenzo

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Thomas Dilorenzo was born August 8 , 1954 in Pennsylvania. In The Real Lincoln , Thomas Dilorenzo breaks down the honest agenda and task of Abraham Lincoln. Often Lincoln was looked at as a heroic ender of slavery and a strong protector of our Constitution. Born February 12 , 1809, Lincoln was a very determined and hard working man who was determined to get the job done no matter what it took. Even if some of his choices weren't the safest route to go he would enforce his commands and make sure his goals are reached. DiLorenzo was determined to bring out the truth to the world about our 16th president Lincoln . We've heard a lot about Abe throughout history lessons, books and movies, but how much of those stories are actually accurate .

DiLorenzo is an American economics professor at Loyola University Maryland Sellinger School of business. He is a frequent speaker at von Misses Institute events . DiLorenzo has a B.A.in economics from West Minster College in Pennsylvania. DiLorenzo was born August 8, 1954. His book, Lincoln Unmasked: What you’re not Supposed to know about Dishonest Abe, continues is expropriation be gone in the real Lincoln. He is also the author of How Capitalism saved America, Hamiltons Curse: How Jeffersons Arch Enemy Portrayed the American Revolution – And What It Means For Americans Today.

Chapter One included the introduction . DiLorenzo gives us brief chapter summaries of his book all throughout the introduction. Basically , DiLorenzo was introducing his themes and topics to the readers so that we had an idea of the book. Abe had many fans . Abe was often looked at as a hero but , DiLorenzo questions Abes heroic ways and agenda. Was Abe really a hero or was he a manipulator ? Was he really trying to hel...

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...n the end. Lincoln had reached his goals as dictator.

Thomas DiLorenzo did an amazing job at helping us recognize the real truth about our former president. There is plenty of evidence throughout the story that helped me realize that Lincoln wasn't as thoughtful and heroic as people made him out to be. He was also a selfish hypocrite that looked down on black people and mainly looked at them as inferiors while many of us thought he freed the slaves out of the goodness of his heart. I would recommend this book to many people that have interest in history and biographies . The strong points of the book would be that DiLorenzo provides plenty of quotes and evidence to prove his points and beliefs of Abe Lincoln.

Works Cited

"Thomas J. DiLorenzo." The Independent Institute. http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=544 (accessed May 5, 2014).

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