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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... southern adversaries . But because much of this scholarship inhab- its technical monographs and journal articles written by scholars for one another , it hasn't reached a broad literary audience . I am addressing that audience , because ...
... Southern Memorial Association , one Mildred Lewis Rutherford , thought so too . In the 1920s , she led a crusade to get pro - Yankee histories out of southern schools and to tell southern kids the truth about Lincoln - namely , that he ...
... southern rebels , whom he forced to start the Civil War at Fort Sumter , and then became a virtual dictator . Worse still , in his posturing as God's instrument to save the Union , the satanic Lincoln bequeathed a disastrous legacy to ...
... southern - style . What ennobled him was not his humanity or his faith in democ- racy . It was his belief in the purity of the white race . In Dixon's hands , Lincoln is a fine southern gentleman who is certain that " this black thing ...
... southern whites bombarded him with letters purporting to set King straight about " Abe . " Invariably they cited his speech at Charleston . See , they ranted at King , Lincoln hated niggers too . He too wanted segregation . He too ...
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 |