And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American StruggleNew · History, Biography, Nonfiction
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
2022 · 676 pages · Nonfiction
49
New
★ 4.45 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
≈ 17 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2022). 4.45★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
49Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers71 out of 100 · counts 50%+40
- Buzz26 out of 100 · counts 15%+5
Where it ranks
- #106 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #135 of the 220 history books we rank
- #250 of the 730 new books we rank
- #605 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (history biography) finalist (2022)
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True story
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