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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... to satisfy in his biography . " In Lincoln , " Sandburg himself wrote , " the people of the United States could finally see themselves , each for himself and all to- gether . " And he intended , Sandburg said , MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
... United States , but it has persisted . In 1932 , at a time when most Americans - even members of the Ku Klux Klan - were trying to " get right with Lincoln , " a prominent old Virginian was still fighting a personal war against him ...
... United States , the evil chief of the " Black 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 ...
... had annihilated the " civilized , beneficial , humane " arrangement wrongly known as " slavery . " " The real monument to the Great Emancipator is the maiming of the United States Constitution , " the man wrote ARCH VILLAIN 19.
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 |