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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... 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.
... Toward a New Birth of Freedom 136 PART FIVE : Final Act 1 : The Theater 151 2 : Aftermath 164 3 : Stanton 170 4 : Without Him 177 Acknowledgments 189 References 191 Index 215 PRELUDE In 1984 , when this book appears , Abraham X CONTENTS.
... freedom and power ; they enact our wishes and dreams . ” In other words , the grandiose dimensions and symbol - building power of the myths we create reveal our deepest longings as a people . And this is especially true of the myths we ...
... freedom really mean some- thing and reminding them of forgotten oaths and wasted sac- rifices . In his great debates with Stephen A. Douglas , Sandburg's Lincoln is always one with the people , thrilling them with his " stubby , homely ...
... freedom the world over . " There was the story of how Count Leo Tolstoy , traveling into the Caucasus of czarist Russia , encountered tribes- men demanding to know about Lincoln , the " greatest general and greatest ruler of the world ...
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 |