With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln“The standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.” —Washington Post “Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written.” —David Herbert Donald, New York Times Book Review The definitive life of Abraham Lincoln, With Malice Toward None is historian Stephen B. Oates's acclaimed and enthralling portrait of America's greatest leader. 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. 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 this riveting work 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. |
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... speech all his life. Like his neighbors, young Lincoln said “howdey” to visitors. He “sot” down and “stayed a spell.” He came “outen” a cabin and “yearned” his wages and “made a heap.” He “cum” from “whar” he had been. He was ...
... floor leader when Stuart was politicking in the halls or out in the taverns. In their speeches and resolutions, the Whigs vowed to retain the old system whereby anyone could run for office simply by announcing his candidacy.
... speeches on the political stump, he crammed hard for his bar exams, an oral grilling in which practicing attorneys would interrogate him on technical points of the law and legal history. At last he got up his courage and took the exams ...
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