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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... hand is in it . If he has a place for and work for me and I think he has - I believe I am ready . I am nothing , but truth is everything . I know I am right , because I know that liberty is right , for Christ teaches it and Christ is ...
... hands held behind him as he stood observing the people . " Here was a hero fit for the author of Leaves of Grass . From that moment on , Whitman idolized Lincoln and insisted that only the combined genius of Plutarch , Aeschylus , and ...
... hands , mumbling , “ The rain and the storm shan't beat on her grave . ' Though he eventually recovers from Ann's death , Sandburg's Lincoln never forgets the love he felt for her . * As he grows to maturity , Sandburg's Lincoln is ...
... hand " guides the ship of state through cross winds of passion and cross plays of hate . Throughout he has the folk masses behind him . He is still their Friendly Stranger in a storm of death and destruction . Even during his lowest ebb ...
... hand down to future times as Hero and Martyr , as commonplace a Vulgarian as ever patronized bad Tobacco and mistook blasphemy for wit . ' In 1909 , with most southerners joining the North in celebrating the centennial of Lincoln's ...
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 |