Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths“There is no better introduction to current thinking about Lincoln and his place in history.” —Newsday An essential book for any student of Lincoln and American history, Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths is acclaimed Lincoln biographer Stephen B. Oates's unique exploration of America's sixteenth president in reality and memory. In this multifaceted portrait, Oates, "the most popular historical interpreter of Lincoln" (Gabor S. Boritt, New York Times Book Review), exposes the human side of the great and tragic president—including his depression, his difficulties with love, and his troubled and troubling attitudes about slavery—while also confronting the many legends that have arisen around "Honest Abe." Oates throughout raises timely questions about what the Lincoln mythos reveals about the American people. |
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... Abraham Lincoln will be 175 years old . This is certain to cause an eruption of flatulent utterances about the sanctified figure and a shameless parade of scissors - and - paste Lincoln books with more pictures in them than print ...
... Lincoln to various publications . As I continued to read , write , lecture , and talk about Lincoln , I realized how much I wanted to correct or clarify some of my earlier interpretations , realized how much more I had to say . Hence ...
... of unshakable beliefs . I've given special attention to Lincoln's troubled and troubling attitudes about slavery , in part because it was the source of the conflict ( as Lincoln and his associates repeatedly stressed ) , in part because ...
... of which I hope adds up to an original and spirited portrait . In shaping it , I benefited enormously from a growing library of modern Lincoln studies . In fact , the last couple of decades have witnessed a veritable renaissance of Lincoln ...
... Lincoln was an earthly incarnation of the Saviour of mankind . " And so one body of writings depicted him in the ensuing decades . Typical of this school was Josiah Gilbert Holland's The Life of Abraham Lincoln , which appeared in 1866 ...
Contents
ManyMooded | 31 |
All Conquering Mind | 45 |
Mr Lincoln | 51 |
The Beacon Light of Liberty | 57 |
This Vast Moral Evil | 65 |
My Dissatisfied Fellow Countrymen | 75 |
The Central Idea | 89 |
The Man of Our Redemption | 111 |
Final | 149 |
Aftermath | 164 |
Acknowledgments | 189 |
Index | 215 |