With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham LincolnThe definitive life of Abraham Lincoln, With Malice Toward None is historian Stephen B. Oates's acclaimed and enthralling portrait of America's greatest leader. Oates masterfully charts, with the pacing of a novel, Lincoln's rise from bitter poverty in America's midwestern frontier to become a self-made success in business, law, and regional politics. The second half of the book examines his legendary leadership on the national stage as president during one of the country's most tumultuous and bloody periods, the Civil War years, which concluded tragically with Lincoln's assassination. In this award-winning biography, Lincoln steps forward out of the shadow of myth as a recognizable, fully drawn American whose remarkable life continues to inspire and inform us today. |
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... American history again , paying particular attention to the Revolution and the Federalist era and applauding the nationalist pro- grams of Alexander Hamilton . Thanks to the romantic histories he perused , Lincoln worshipped the ...
... American white society . In fact , in the legislative session of 1835-36 , he'd voted in favor of restricting the suffrage to whites only . Public opinion was almost universally against politi- cal rights for black people , and young ...
... American Anguish ( N.Y. , 1973 ) , 14-16 ; Lincoln quotations ( " fall of fury , " " doctrine of necessity , " and " inten- sity of death " ) in Lincoln , CW , I , 265 , 279 , 382 ; Simon , Preparation for Greatness , 225-247 ; Thomas ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
Revolt Against the Fathers | 109 |
Reference Notes | 437 |
Copyright | |
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