{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XUBCE0?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"B000XUBCE0","authors":["Stephen B. Oates"],"book_id":"9780061865916","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/abraham-lincoln-9780061865916","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780061865916.jpg?v=494735c5c4c7d8ee","description":"“There is no better introduction to current thinking about Lincoln and his place in history.” — Newsday An essential book for any student of Lincoln and American history, Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths is acclaimed Lincoln biographer Stephen B. Oates's unique exploration of America's sixteenth president in reality and memory. In this multifaceted portrait, Oates, \"the most popular historical interpreter of Lincoln\" (Gabor S. Boritt, New York Times Book Review ), exposes the human side of the great and tragic president—including his depression, his difficulties with love, and his troubled and troubling attitudes about slavery—while also confronting the many legends that have arisen around \"Honest Abe.\" Oates throughout raises timely questions about what the Lincoln mythos reveals about the American people.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780061865916","publication_date":"20091013","publisher":"HarperCollins","slug":"abraham-lincoln","subtitle":"The Man Behind the Myths","title":"Abraham Lincoln"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"HIS036050","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Civil War Era","score":0.787,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"19th-Century America","score":0.7719,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF007130","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Presidents & First Families for Kids","score":0.7533,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"HIS036050","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Civil War Era","score":0.787,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"19th-Century America","score":0.7719,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JNF007130","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Presidents & First Families for Kids","score":0.7533,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"BIO006000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Lives in History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"BIO010000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Political Lives","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"BIO011000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Presidents & World Leaders","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"BIO014000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Royal Lives","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS029000","confidence_band":"high","label":"North American History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036040","confidence_band":"high","label":"19th-Century America","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036050","confidence_band":"high","label":"Civil War Era","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS038000","confidence_band":"high","label":"The Americas History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Civil War Era","score":0.787,"slug":"civil-war-era"},{"label":"19th-Century America","score":0.7719,"slug":"19th-century-america"},{"label":"Presidents & First Families for Kids","score":0.7533,"slug":"presidents-first-families-for-kids"}],"reader_fit":["Readers studying Lincoln and American history"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Stephen B. Oates","T. Ryder Smith","Harper Perennial","& 0 more"],"book_id":"9780061952241","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780061952241.jpg?v=fa3b7a8b17f3d791","score":0.8232,"title":"With Malice Toward None","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780061952241"},{"authors":["David Herbert Donald"],"book_id":"9780684825359","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780684825359.jpg?v=64724c3b9aa793c2","score":0.8214,"title":"Lincoln","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780684825359"},{"authors":["John C. Waugh"],"book_id":"9780156034630","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780156034630.jpg?v=08a7e78da2ce760b","score":0.8107,"title":"One Man Great Enough","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780156034630"},{"authors":["Thomas J. Dilorenzo"],"book_id":"9780307338426","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780307338426.jpg?v=bca0faef6766feba","score":0.7934,"title":"Lincoln Unmasked","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780307338426"},{"authors":["Milton Meltzer"],"book_id":"9781328895745","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781328895745.jpg?v=4223921b09ac1b88","score":0.7866,"title":"Lincoln in His Own Words","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781328895745"},{"authors":["Matthew Pinsker"],"book_id":"9780393240788","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780393240788.jpg?v=ac5fb2b6aba0557a","score":0.7863,"title":"Boss Lincoln","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780393240788"},{"authors":["William Lee Miller"],"book_id":"9780375701733","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780375701733.jpg?v=62cbcc41abfb235f","score":0.7807,"title":"Lincoln's Virtues","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780375701733"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:history"],"label":"History","score":0.4536,"slug":"history"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:black authors"],"label":"Black","score":0.1007,"slug":"black"},{"evidence_refs":["phrase_map_match"],"label":"Civil Rights","score":0.0074,"slug":"civil-rights"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Lincoln's public image and legacy, Lincoln's personal struggles, Lincoln's attitudes about slavery.","Pacing: reflective, voice-and-character forward.","Themes: History, Black, Civil Rights."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.87,"pacing":"reflective","reader_fit":["Readers studying Lincoln and American history"],"themes":["Lincoln's public image and legacy","Lincoln's personal struggles","Lincoln's attitudes about slavery"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":102,"goodreads_ratings_count":272,"goodreads_reviews_count":28,"quality_score":0.8965}}