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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... the time has come to demythologize Lincoln - to chip from his hallowed memory the crusts of rumor , fable and nonsense . " -Washington Post ABRAHAM LINCOLN Books by Stephen B. Oates William Faulkner : ABRAHAM LINCOLN Front Cover.
... Washington . Lin- coln's " look and gait " captivated Whitman- " his dark - brown complexion , seam'd and wrinkled yet canny - looking face , his black , bushy head of hair , disproportionately long neck , and his hands held behind him ...
... Washington , the presidency , and the war years , voices cry out on the wind , " Good - bye , Abe . " When he wrote The War Years , Sandburg abandoned poetical imaginings and produced a kind of symphonic documentary of the war and the ...
... Washington , " now referred to him as " Mr. Lincoln " and claimed that historians a " hundred years hence " would still be astounded at his greatness . The Lincoln - as - demon theme stuck harder and longer in em- battled Dixie . After ...
... Washington had warned in his Farewell Address , a tyrant who would preside over the destruction of the Constitution in order to gratify his own ambition . " He unleashed his “ malignant passions " on the southern rebels , whom he forced ...
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 |