林肯传
出版社:中央编译出版社
出版日期:2009
ISBN:9787802119475
作者:Dale Breckenridge Carnegie
页数:377页
作者简介
“The reader is caught at once, and from then on episode piles on episode... Every paragraph exciting.”
——New York World Telegram
“Dramatic story crammed with all that is picturesque.”
——NNew York Times
“A sensational but sympathetic life of Lincoln…fast-moving.”
——Chicago Herald Examiner
“Has an engaging out-of-doors freshness and a sense of human intimacy... Reads like a novel.”
——New York Herald Tribune
书籍目录
HOW THIS BOOK WAS WRITFEN-AND WHY
PART ONE
PART TWO
PART THREE
PART FOUR
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIXES
I. First Inaugural Address
II.Second Inaugural Address
内容概要
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie，was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement，salesmanship，corporate training，public speaking and interpersonal skills．Born in poveay on a farm in Missouri，he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People，first published in l936，a massive bestseller that remains popular today．He also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln，titled LincoIn the Unknown．as well as several othel-books．
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这本书描述了一个与教科书中完全不同的林肯。卡耐基是个讲故事的大师，他展示了不幸的家庭生活和战争给这位伟人带来的痛苦。最可贵的成功的品质就是对痛苦的忍耐能力。 ——Busalacchi 所有人都会面对麻烦、痛苦和一些旷日持久的折磨，常人会屈从安逸舒适的欲望，而真正的英雄只做他们认为正确的事，不惜付出巨大的代价和牺牲就要到手的利益。林肯就是这样一位英雄。 ——DanielS．Dorius “Thereaderiscaughtatonce,andfromthenonepisodepilesonepisode...Everyparagraphexciting.” ——NewYorkWorldTelegram “Dramaticstorycrammedwithallthatispicturesque.” ——NNewYorkTimes “AsensationalbutsympatheticlifeofLincoln…fast-moving.” ——ChicagoHeraldExaminer “Hasanengagingout-of-doorsfreshnessandasenseofhumanintimacy...Readslikeanovel.” ——NewYorkHeraldTribune
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这本书描述了一个与教科书中完全不同的林肯。卡耐基是个讲故事的大师，他展示了不幸的家庭生活和战争给这位伟人带来的痛苦。最可贵的成功的品质就是对痛苦的忍耐能力。 ——Busalacchi 所有人都会面对麻烦、痛苦和一些旷日持久的折磨，常人会屈从安逸舒适的欲望，而真正的英雄只做他们认为正确的事，不惜付出巨大的代价和牺牲就要到手的利益。林肯就是这样一位英雄。 ——Daniel S．Dorius “The reader is caught at once, and from then on episode piles on episode... Every paragraph exciting.” ——New York World Telegram “Dramatic story crammed with all that is picturesque.” ——NNew York Times “A sensational but sympathetic life of Lincoln…fast-moving.” ——Chicago Herald Examiner “Has an engaging out-of-doors freshness and a sense of human intimacy... Reads like a novel.” ——New York Herald Tribune
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没错，这本书就是那位大家耳熟能详的卡耐基写的。最有意思的是卡耐基在序言里说，他之所以写这本书，是因为他去英国的时候，在一份英国报纸上看见评论林肯的连载文章，才发现原来自己作为一个美国人，根本就对林肯知之甚少。后来他就决定写一本通俗简短、大众化的林肯传给一般读者读。这真是人之常情，家门口的景点都没有去参观过，本应该知道的很多东西都不知道。像我这样今年才知道什么是“安居平五路”的人更应该去面壁思过了...看了卡耐基的英文文笔，感叹难怪他是励志大家，因为写的很平实，很少有不认识的生僻词或者长难句什么的，但却很有感染力，比如介绍他写这本传记的时候，是在林肯生长的故乡，而写林肯和心爱的姑娘那一段，正是在那位姑娘埋葬的树下写的。 -
这本书描述了一个与教科书中完全不同的林肯。卡耐基是个讲故事的大师，他展示了不幸的家庭生活和战争给这位伟人带来的痛苦。最可贵的成功的品质就是对痛苦的忍耐能力。 ——Busalacchi 所有人都会面对麻烦、痛苦和一些旷日持久的折磨，常人会屈从安逸舒适的欲望，而真正的英雄只做他们认为正确的事，不惜付出巨大的代价和牺牲就要到手的利益。林肯就是这样一位英雄。 ——Daniel S．Dorius “The reader is caught at once, and from then on episode piles on episode...Every paragraph exciting.” ——New York World Telegram “Dramatic story crammed with all that is picturesque.” ——NNew York Times “A sensational but sympathetic life of Lincoln…fast-moving.” ——Chicago Herald Examiner “Has an engaging out-of-doors freshness and a sense of human intimacy...Reads like a novel.” ——New York Herald Tribune -
When I took photo in Lincoln Memorial, looking up to the magnific statue, I have anticipated Lincoln’s life must be extraordinary, but how could I expect his life was so tough, little fortune may ever smiled upon him, from his gentlemanlike and reserved appearance. Dale Carnegie reproduced Lincoln’s story via simple words with profound meaning to readers, and titled it as “The Unknown Lincoln”, which precisely summarize this one of the greatest man in American history, for his insignificance and lowliness before and modesty after becoming famous, for his obscure experience and private life to the world. Lincoln was always willing to be covered under other’s fame and honor, as long as for the sake of his nation. He is rough polished in living hardness, refined in numerous failures, and glorious in personality charm.I took for granted that Lincoln was born in a noble family, but I misunderstood entirely. “For years, there in Indiana, Abraham Lincoln endured more terrible poverty than did thousands of the slaves whom he would one day liberate.” The little boy was faced with a drunk, prodigal father, and several siblings, suffering from the sad of losing his natural mother, barely any food to eat, and an extreme cold wagon to live in. So, no wonder until fifteen, Lincoln could only read a little but with difficulty. However, after attending school irregularly, he could write, and exhibited a trait which sharply distinguished him from the rest of the backwoods scholars. He wanted to write out his opinions on various topics; at times he even broke into verse. And he took his verse and prose composition to a neighbor for criticism. He memorized and recited his rhymes, and his essays attracted attention. Yet, during these broken and irregular periods, he had developed one of the most valuable assets that man can have, even from a university education: a love of knowledge and a thirst for learning. Undoubtedly, the process of thinking and writing opinions make an exact man; the desire of learning and the habit of reading benefit men’s whole spiritual affluent life. To Lincoln, his talent for humor and speech, together with his consistent learning and lasting struggle ensured his success.I assumed that Lincoln was firmly and strongly against slavery as a matter of course. Actually, Lincoln opposed slavery in a modest way that he believed at the very beginning if they banned slavery from now on and maintained the existing slaves, the backward system would come to ruin one day. The interest conflict is the utter reason over the slavery, which may result in the split of the nation. Therefore, from my point of view, people struggled not for the slaves, but for the Union; I just doubt that how many WASPs honestly put themselves in slaves’ position. Certainly, Lincoln demonstrated that “If God gave him but little, let him enjoy that little. He is not my equal in many respects, but in his right to enjoy ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’ in his right to put into his mouth the bread that his hands have earned, he is my equal and the equal of Judge Douglas and the equal of ever living man.” Yet, the quotation below I suppose can sincerely reveal the direct attitude:“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.”In Lincoln Memorial, we can find a stage on which Martin Luther King once delivered the speech <I Have a Dream> a hundred years after The Emancipation Proclamation. “But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.” If Negros indulge their destiny to be subject to the profit of others, or pin their hope on the shaky American promise, they would never welcome the free day. The only way to seek for genuinely freedom, right, equity and dignity lies in their own hands. Whereas, Lincoln is not to blame, neither should American people, I can understand Lincoln’s situation and his decision.Beside, the cruelty and loss in the Civil War to the United States and its people were inconceivable and bitter. “What if two Northern soldiers were shot for every one the South lost? Grant could make up the wastage, but Lee couldn’t. So Grant kept on blasting and shooting and slaying.” “Such slaughter was more than human nerves and human bodies could endure. It broke the morale of the troops; the rank and file of the army were on the verge of mutiny, and the officers themselves were ready to rebel.” It seems to be easy to draw a conclusion that the North won partly because of its extensive troops. According to historical data, casualties in the North amounted to 360,000, and 258, 000 in the South. No one can ever say it’s a negligible cost. Finally, this biography written by Dale Carnegie focuses on picturing Lincoln as a common person, not a great man in our minds. Surely, this type of writing has its own merits, yet people who want to appreciate another side of Lincoln as being a leader are well advised to choose other authors’. The book gives readers a delusion that Lincoln became the President by luck, and mentions Lincoln’s efforts after every failure casually, but emphasizes too much on Lincoln’s frustrated marriage, and how he swallowed all bitterness to himself, which may not meet audiences’ appetite. In addition, I can hardly feel the charisma in Lincoln, let alone admire it. His exceeding tolerance and forgiveness as a Christian manifest themselves as weakness as a leader more than advantage. Disappointedly, the author notices the sense of humor of our “common man”, but fails to illustrate this trait by one mere example, which creates a barrier for readers to establish the perception of this feature, pitifully.Lincoln is a man who sacrificed all he had to his nation and is remembered by his nation eternally, and who had planned the comfortable life when his family would leave the White House at the close of his second term before the assassination, and who always showed his genuineness to his people and respected by all. “I desire,” he said, “to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if, at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be deep down inside of me… I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have.”2011.5
精彩短评 (总计101条)
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纸张我感觉很好 是我喜欢的纸张 然后是珍藏版的 挺好的 -
介绍了一个不一样的林肯。除去他的光环，了解更多不为人知的一面。 -
刚刚拿到书，印刷非常好，插图也非常清楚。还没有开始看，不过感觉不错。如果再向国外图书借鉴一下把书改的再瘦一点就便于携带了。 -
这本书看了一点，对学习英语有很大帮助。 -
很有文采，看起来很享受。 -
书的质量挺好的，还没看，应该会很好看的 -
林肯就是一个传奇！ -
给老公买的，他所还可以！ -
书的品相不错，遗憾我自己太毛糙，选错了。我对英文一窍不通，却选全英文，唉唉，没有办法，留给以后我的孙孙读吧。 -
对人物的刻画还是比较立体的。 -
帮同事买的，全英文的，翻看了一下，纸张不错 -
好书待好好读 -
看完了电影林肯，深感林肯的伟大。想偶像致敬 -
不错！比想象中小点，装帧不错，就是侧面粘了灰，去不了 -
伟大的配上伟大的文笔，堪称经典中的经典！ -
Dale Carnegie写的 The Unknown Lincoln 是至今为止我看过的最痛苦的英文书。Car同学写的正文里几乎每个句子都会有3个以上的生词，附录里Lincoln的就职演说中每个句子都至少有2个以上的复杂从句！忽略这些生词和从句倒是不影响大概理解书的脉络，但却少了很多细节的乐趣。 -
我很喜欢这本书，很好 -
32开很精致的一部书。至于内容，有朋友看过这本书说很不错。 -
书不错，内容也比较容易懂。学英语不错的选择。 -
先生想读的书，以下的意见代表他的观点：
英文原版书，由于著于的时间久远，语法上阅读起来并不轻松。
不同于中国伟人们高大全的回忆录，作者的笔触更多的是关注作为一个平凡人，林肯的迷茫懦弱甚至失败，但恰恰是这样有血有肉的林肯充满了人性的力量。
书的质量很有质感，值得推荐。 -
林肯生活的呈现，栩栩如生，读来通俗易懂，且具有启发性，难得的一本好书。 -
全英文的要慢慢看= = -
书的作品质量很好，感谢！！！！在读中。。。。。 -
书中写了很多不为人知的有关林肯的生活情节和片段，有别于其它严肃学术性的作品。阅读过程中，感觉与他很接近，仿佛与作者一起来到了一百多年前的美国乡村，细细品味这位伟人经历过的苦、他的心酸、他的无奈、他的博爱、他对知识的渴望、他的坚韧......可是，我们又如何能真正体会得到呢！ -
English edition,Wonderful! -
全是英文，还没看。 -
即使词汇量不多，读起来也没有大问题，锻炼阅读很好的读物，而且又能了解林肯作为一名伟大的人的魅力，他能成为总统你有什么理由不奋斗？？？ -
看了此书，受益匪浅。 -
也是看了很多评价，才买的，很好看 -
大伙，注意啦！这是本全英文的！ -
第一次买英文版的书，不错，希望会使我的英语阅读水平有所提高！ -
真的挺好呀！对人生，对学英文都很有好处！ -
通过对经典自传的阅读，一方面可以学习英语，一方面很好的了解美国历史，值得推荐！ -
因为平时工作中经常要用到英文，所以我也常常看些英文原版书。但能让我象看武侠小说一样，想一口气看完的原版书并不多，以前也就是大学时代看的《God Father》和《Gone With The Wind》。这次阅读卡耐基写的《林肯传》，有一种让我莫名的激动，就像自己走近了伟人林肯。书中的英文也不生涩，比较容易懂。正是一本难得的好事。 -
As everyone know, this guy is very famous. so i want to know how he can be so famous. are there things specialist of this guy. i think it will be a good book. -
错字有点多，卡耐基的文笔也不觉得好。 -
我要的是中文版的，你们却寄了英文版。下次请在书旁边注明一下是中文版、英文版的。 -
林肯传”,书很好，Good -
很不错，书的质量很不错，正看着. -
一直没来得及看 ， -
字小了点，刚看完人性的弱点，看这本ing -
我想购买中文版，但当时粗心，购买了英文版，不知是否可以换货？ -
床头书。睡觉前看一点点，了解一下林肯 -
不朽的人 -
只读过这一本，不知道真实程度如何。。 -
买错了英文版的，凑合着看吧 -
喜欢这本书 原版的 -
林肯传 -
由于是英文原版，感觉像是硬啃完了一遍。看完梳理梳理后，还是被林肯的人格魅力所征服，总结起来就是：沉默、宽容、仁爱、高尚、坚韧......好像明白了为什么美国人会在华盛顿广场建造有林肯塑像的殿堂。
归类为：励志类书记。 -
读完之后就是觉得，林肯也就是普通人，还有，他老婆太剽悍了~可怕... -
买来时练英语的，看完以后就对林肯膜拜了！ -
不论是印刷还是书的本身都是相当的不错 -
第一次买原版英文的书，看得很过瘾
对美国的这位总统很有好感 -
很好很好很好很好很好很好... -
卡内基的林肯传，非常细节、非常生动，可读性非常强。读的过程中，有很多感触。林肯的婚姻的不幸、他的善良，尤其是他的善解人意和宽容的胸怀，包括他的邋遢的形象，都令我印象非常深刻。林肯的个人形象被卡内基非常鲜活地用文字再现，永恒化。但是，林肯伟大吗？如果说他的伟大的功绩，那么就在于保持美国的统一。当时的人们，以后的人们，感激林肯的无非就是他让美国免于分裂，使美国成为一个伟大的国家。这对美国人是好的，美国人理应感激他。所以美国人甚至比对他们的开国总统华盛顿还要尊重这位悲剧总统。林肯的名字一再被人提起，也在于他的不平凡的总统生涯，南北战争、解放奴隶、不幸的个人婚姻生活、任上被刺，还有他的不同凡响的人格。似乎，他是靠演讲口才走上总统宝座的。最终，是他的善解人意和宽容，确实非常凡响。那么，对于其他国家的人呢？美国的强大，到底带给其他国家的人是好还是坏呢？反正，世界历史就是这么走下来了。如果没有林肯，如果没有当时分裂了，如果没有一个后来统一强大的美国，这个世界就不会是如今这个模样。 -
买的时候没有注意看，是全英文的哟，看来得慢慢翻英汉词典了！ -
这本书是坚持不查字典的情况下悉心看完的
整体还不错，文笔流畅
除去不少明显的排版跟印刷错误
就应该趋近完美了
写得有血有肉，并没有仰视伟人的感觉
平易真实
Lincoln真是个忧郁的灵魂
我想这是令他伟大的源泉
文风破有纪录片的感觉
前后照应得比较好
比如，这章完结的时候
说“多少多少年后，Lincoln会怎么怎么样” -
人生中得榜样，不虚此买卖 -
刚看了一点 -
前一半写得很感人，人物性格刻画生动，后一半文字肤浅有矫揉造作之感。英文原版。 -
这是一本纯英文著作，现在虽未读完，但我不会放弃。林肯是一个很会讲故事的人，希望可以从书中更多的了解一些经典的故事。 -
大师之手 -
同事儿子很喜欢 -
我买这本书是因为比较喜欢卡耐基写的书,看过他的人性的弱点中文版,本打算拜读英文版结果没有货,在人性的弱点里提到林肯传就买了本看看,没仔细看评论居然是英文的,看得过程真的很辛苦,还在拜读中 -
虽是原版，但是有很多小错误，有的大小写不对，有的单词之间没有空格。中央编译出的，实在是不应该 -
包装、质量感觉都不错。外语系或历史学的同学都可以买来看看 -
头一次买英文版的，慢慢看吧 -
不错的一本书，生动形象地展示了一个生活中的世界伟人。 -
对于高中生来说多少有点难 -
从内容到排版都挺好 -
英文版，在内地来说，价格算是这样。里面的语法啊，词汇啊 都听简单的。但是对于内容来说，这点寡，不太吸引人。 -
林肯传记中最好的一个读本。作者对林肯的经历饱含叙述的热情，不可否认，作者对其投入了巨大的同情和悲悯、尊敬。相信每一个读过此书的人均会为林肯的故事和作者的文风所打动。 -
伟人的诞生是在一个挺神奇的时刻！ -
很好的学习英语的方法，还能顺便了解一代为人林肯的事迹 -
包装印刷质量都挺好 -
很喜欢这本书，书本的质量不太好 -
Finally 啃完了！这是个好的开始 -
全英文的，可以练练英语阅读 -
孩子点名要买的书. 但买了好久才开始读. 尽管黑白图片相加,但看起来并不是很枯燥,很喜欢看. -
还没看完，就是在叙述林肯身上的一些小事，但是从这些小事上可以看出他的与众不同的一面 -
书很久之前购买，直到9月初才算看完。 -
书是一本好书，就是出版商有点敷衍了~ -
书的质量都很好，就是买的时候没看到是英文版。感谢当当给我办理了退书退款。 -
可以提高英文水平，也是很励志的一本书 -
看了前面十几页的样子，是英文版的，还行吧，虽然看的不是很流畅，但意思还是能懂，只是我没有毅力看完啊......慢慢看吧.... -
我一直在当当购书，挺好的。但这次有点不满意，书的封面有损伤，影响美观。想换吧，又觉着麻烦。在线小当当，用搜狗输入好像不正常。总之，有点不爽。 -
正在看，很棒 -
Why should the spirit of mortal be proud? -
第一次读林肯的传记，我是一口气读完的。卡耐基在前言里开宗明义地说是写给每天为生活而忙碌的平凡人看的，文章本身没有复杂的结构，文字晓畅易读，然沉郁之致时露笔端。这或许是讲故事高手的诀窍之一。晚上我经常一直看到一两点钟。如果你认同正直、仁慈、坚忍是崇高的英雄品格，你也一定会被林肯的故事所吸引。反复吟诵那些演说词中的名篇，有一种感人至深的力量在回荡。对当当网提个意见吧，书送过来封底是皱的。把一些基本的事情做好吧，我会支持你的，当当网。 -
自强不息之典范，以德服人之楷模！真正美国梦的代言人！ -
包装蛮精致，内容还没来得及看。总体感觉蛮好。 -
给我们定点资助的学校订的，下单后，委托当当直接配送。 -
一起买了几本书 但是第一个翻开的就是它。娓娓道来的故事，地道的文笔。
而且林肯的故事，那绝对是值得仔细研读的。 -
a powerful person -
是不是因为曾经当过编辑的缘故？偶发现里面的错误有些太多了，根本不是合格产品。对中央编译出版社的水平感到非常失望。建议各位想学英语的人还是看外研社出版的书。偶甚至想给编辑致电，将偶看完的书递过去，这样他们再版时就会省事很多....
但是故事是实在太精彩了，对老卡的文风佩服得五体投地.... -
我一直很喜欢他。 -
林肯传，此书内容很好。 -
更偏好于第一个版本的 -
是带着比较大的期望买的这本书。
看了之后内容一般。 -
全英文的 但是看起来不是太新 -
林肯的确是个很了不起的人。在受挫的时候，我都会想到他。