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by Jonathan Shapiro (Author)
More than at any time in American history, except perhaps Abe Lincoln's own,
we need his help. And not just to inspire us. Over sixty-thousand books have
been written about him, and most give us the heroic Lincoln. What we need now is
a book that gives us the practical Lincoln. This is that book. It shows
us how to survive our dangerously fractious age, one that is too often unmoored
from truth, ignorant of facts, and unwilling to do the hard work of becoming
better. It is written for those who don't just admire Lincoln but want to
emulate his rational, practical approach to law, love, leadership, and life. It
identifies the seven steps that made Abe Lincoln legendary and teaches you how
to follow them. Written in the accessible, humorous style of Shapiro's previous
books and television shows, the book is part history and biography, part
philosophy, part memoir, part James Spader rant, and like Lincoln himself, a
true original. Above all, it is great storytelling, using narrative to teach and
inspire.
Author Biography
Since 2000, Jonathan Shapiro has written and produced some of television's most iconic legal dramas, including HBO's The Undoing, Amazon Prime's Goliath, and NBC Peacock's The Calling. An Emmy and Humanitas Award winner, Shapiro's other television credits include Peacock's Mr. Mercedes, based on the Stephen King novels, NBC's series The Blacklist, FOX's Justice, NBC's Life, and the ABC series Boston Legal, The Practice, and Big Sky. His first play, Sisters in Law, premiered in 2019. He is the author of three books, including the novel Deadly Force (2015), and the memoir Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling (2014). He is currently an adjunct law professor at the UCLA School of Law. Prior to becoming a writer, Shapiro practiced law for 12 years in the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, and of counsel at Kirkland & Ellis. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, he earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Harvard University and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oriel College, University of Oxford. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
