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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... Republicans to have Lincoln assassinated - an allegation enshrined as fact in several books and a recent motion picture and periodically reported in the popular media ? There is much more here about Lincoln's public and private selves ...
... Republican campaign propaganda depicted the rail - splitter candidate as al- most exactly such a man . In February , 1861 , Whitman saw the President - elect as he passed through New York City on his way to Washington . Lin- coln's ...
... Republican leaders raise a howl against his renomination and reelection . And he wins in 1864 because the wisdom of the people prevails . Moreover , in the last long year of the war , Sandburg's Lincoln does battle with the so - called ...
... Republicans as an incompetent charlatan . In truth , Lincoln may have been one of the two or three most unpopular living Presidents in American history . Assassination , though , chastened his legion of critics and brought them swiftly ...
... Republican , free love , free Nigger " North out to drown the white man's South in rivers of blood . When Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation , the Confederate press pro- nounced him a " Fiend " who wanted to incite a race war ...
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 |