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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... Stephen B. Oates. The lack of a sense of history is the damnation of the modern world . ROBERT PENN WARREN Those who deny freedom to others , deserve it not for themselves . ABRAHAM LINCOLN CONTENTS Prelude xi PART ONE : Myth 1 : Man.
... Robert E. Sherwood , it was " a monument that would live forever . " Yet , as some critics pointed out , Sandburg's Lincoln could not be regarded as authentic biography , as an approximation of the real - life Lincoln based on accurate ...
... Robert Sher- wood said . In the " tornado years " of civil war , Sandburg's Lincoln is both the hero and the instrument of the people . He is the umpire of an embattled Union , patiently sticking to the cherished middle way . When it ...
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 |