
Four Score and Seven
by Andrew Feinberg
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Pub Date Apr 08 2016 | Archive Date Jun 19 2016
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Advance Praise
“Amusing and Sharp.”
--Fred Kaplan, acclaimed biographer and author of Lincoln, The Biography of a Writer
"On occasion, I have a thought that the current Republican Party would make Abe Lincoln roll over in his grave. I did not dare imagine that Mr. Lincoln would step out of it entirely. In this political fantasy by Andrew Feinberg, at the time of the 2016 Presidential election, he returns to help an increasingly befuddled electorate give shape to a vision for America fitting for the 21st Century, just as his vision dominated the 19th Century. Lincoln meets members of America's celebrity culture, struggling to avoid inclusion, and he dismantles Trump- and Cruz-like characters in debates. The book is full of surprises, uproarious media events and, the development of the 13 year-old narrator through Abe's tutelage. Timely and exceptional. The author does not expect that our politics will produce a leader of Lincoln's skill and erudition. If we reinvest our society with the values of union and nation, things may work out after all.”
--Evan Sarzin, Amazon reviewer
"This book is extremely funny, well-written and entertaining for both adults and teenagers too. Very thought provoking with several common sense suggestions to improve the level of integrity of current political campaigns. Anyone with an interest in the great Abraham Lincoln or current politics will love this book just as we did.”
--Amazon reviewers, Ken & Lisa
"A scathing hilarious fictional look at the 2016 election, with a laser-like focus on the GOP candidate debacle. Andy Feinberg's book is a welcome antidote, filled with wisdom, history, wild flights of fancy, anchored by a touching relationship that feels all too real. A must read from a truly skilled political observer.”
--Vicki Polon, Amazon reviewer
"Four Score and Seven by Andrew Feinberg introduces the judgment and conscience of Abraham Lincoln into 2016, as Abe returns from beyond to find himself ensconced in an educated family that is motivated to help him on his quest to improve the world he finds 150 years after leaving it rather unexpectedly. Feinberg, a journalist, has a discerning eye for satire and deep, likable characters (and a few that, by design, you won’t like), drawing freely, but fairly, from history, the Bible, Shakespeare, several of Lincoln’s speeches, and his own wit and imagination. The book reads as easily as a comedy and, while it is that, it also is much more. Not far below the surface, this skillful fusion of history, politics, religion and time travel cleverly takes on, with satire coupled with thought-provoking reality, issues that matter now, including historical and (what passes for) presidential politics in 2016, the dysfunctional American political system, climate change, religion, individual freedom and more. Four Score and Seven will leave you laughing, but it also will leave you thinking, not just about Feinberg’s easy marriage of the past and the present, but also about the future, your future, before and when you cast your ballot in November.”
--Penny Lane, Amazon reviewer
"One of the best books I have read in a long time. You will relate to the characters and while this is fiction, it is actually "reality" to our political system. I couldn't put this book down and highly recommend it. Lots of humor as well!”
--Laurie Z., Amazon reviewer
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Author Bio:
Andrew Feinberg is the author or co-author of five non-fiction books. An award-winning freelance writer, he has written for the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, GQ and Barron’s. He has contributed over 100 humor pieces to the New York Times, Playboy and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. He spent fifteen years as a money manager—beating the S&P 500 over that period—and over twenty years as a financial columnist for Individual Investor and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. He received a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in Journalism from Stanford University. He has been active in political campaigns since 1972, but nothing prepared him for the mayhem of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9780692664001 |
PRICE | $13.99 (USD) |
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I think the worst that can be said is that this book could be much better. It's interesting, moves along quickly, but at the end, you're kinda left with "so what's the point?"
This book is about a remarkable thirteen year old, who, thanks to his father, has a strong knowledge of history and Shakespeare. One day he meets Abraham Lincoln, who has found himself in 2015 New York City during the contentious 2016 election. He quizzes Lincoln to confirm his identity and later DNA confirms that this is truly Lincoln. So now what? Lincoln finds himself fascinated with the election and goes on a whirlwind of TV interviews to attempt to reform the system. What follows is a lengthy discussion of American politics and extensive critcism of the Republican base policies against climate change, and, to a lesser extent, religion. Lincoln proposes some reforms that seem ridiculous to me. He suggests that TV networks air a graphic on screen labelling politicians as "Lincoln Liars" and something about assessing if their predictions come true. This ignores that many groups already do this, and so what? It's in the attack on religion that this book truly fails me, and not for the reasons you may suspect. This is also one of my major criticisms of this book. If anyone came back to from the dead to live with me, my first questions would not be about their political opinions. They would in fact be about death. Somehow this is never addressed, as if Lincoln remembers nothing between 1865 and 2015. For a (dead) man speaking of God and the Bible, you think he might say something about death. But he never does.
And then the book ends.