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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... Death Warrant for Slavery 93 3 : The Man of Our Redemption 111 4 : Necessity Knows No Law 120 5 : The Warrior 126 6 : Toward a New Birth of Freedom 136 PART FIVE : Final Act 1 : The Theater 151 2 : Aftermath 164 3 : Stanton 170 4 ...
... death . I have already tried that in With Malice Toward None . No , this is a more modest outing , an exploration into special moments and meanings of Lincoln's life . Still , I hope my narrative conveys some sense of him as a living ...
... death — just after ten in the evening and just after seven - twenty the next morning - make on the clock an outline of the crucifix ? " Oh , friends , " cried the Reverend C. B. Crane from the pulpit of Broadway Tabernacle , " it was ...
... death in 1892. It was a ritual reenactment of Lincoln's assassination , a poet's celebration of a " sane and sacred death " that filtered " into the nation and race " and gave " a cement to the whole People , subtler , more underly- ing ...
... death , Sandburg's Lincoln never forgets the love he felt for her . * As he grows to maturity , Sandburg's Lincoln is indigenously American , utterly shaped by the sprawling , unruly , pungent de- mocracy of his day . He is simple ...
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 |