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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... Booth just when the war was won and popular government preserved for humankind the world over . The man who died that dark and dismal day had flaws as well as strengths , made mistakes and suffered reversals just as surely as he enjoyed ...
... Booth , " a Louisiana woman said , " who has rid the world of a tyrant and made himself famous for generations . " Exclaimed the Houston Tri - Weekly Telegraph : " From now until God's judgment day , the minds of men will not cease to ...
... Booth guns him down in Ford's Theater . " The Angel of Death , " Dixon writes , now " called him to take the place he had won among earth's immortals and left to us ' the gentlest memory of our world . ' " During the Wilsonian era , a ...
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 |