Publishers Weekly describes this book as âthe most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.â Publishers Weekly also notes, âThe book need not be heard in one sitting. Each part stands alone.â Now Gildan Media brings to you, chapter by chapter, what Doris Kearns Goodwin calls a ââŚprofound and masterful portrait.â âYou Can Have No Conflict Without Being Yourselves the Aggressorsâ: The Fort Sumter Crisis (March-April 1861): Lincoln struggles with William Seward's thirst for power while the Fort Sumter question comes to the forefront of the nation's politics. To supply Fort Sumter would incite hostilities with the South and to d