Lincoln on LincolnPaul M. Zall Though Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of numerous biographies, his personality remains an enigma. During his lifetime, Lincoln prepared two sketches of his life for the 1860 presidential race. These brief campaign portraits serve as the core around which Paul Zall weaves extracts from correspondence, speeches, and interviews to produce an in-depth biography. Lincoln's writing about himself offers a window into the soul and mind of one of America's greatest president. His words reveal an emotional evolution typically submerged in political biographies. Lincoln on Lincoln shows a man struggling to reconcile personal ambition and civic virtue, conscience and Constitution, and ultimately the will of God and the will of the people. Zall frames Lincoln's words with his own illuminating commentary, providing a continuous, compelling narrative. Beginning with Lincoln's thoughts on his parents, the story moves though his youth and early successes and failures in law and politics, and culminates in his clashes and conflicts—internal as well as external—as president of a divided country. Through his writings, Lincoln said much more about himself than is commonly recognized, and Zall uses this material to create a unique portrait of this pivotal figure. |
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... of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 5 4 3 2 1 07 06 05 04 03 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lincoln on Lincoln / selected 8c edited by Paul M. Zall. p ...
... Abraham Lincoln's life in his own words. They have been put together from his writings, speeches, and interviews ... Lincoln along with the nine thousand volumes on the Civil War collected by J.P. Nicholson. In the course of this work ...
Paul M. Zall. Shandy in the history of his own life. His Book 9, Chapter 25, lays out the rule: “Let people tell their stories their own way.” ABBREVIATIONS CW Basler et al., Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.
Paul M. Zall. ABBREVIATIONS CW Basler et al., Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln F Fell, vol. 3 of CW F2 Fehrenbacher and Fehrenbacher, Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln Facs facsimile LH Lincoln Herald S MTL Scripps, vol. 4 of CW ...
... of undistinguished families—second families, perhaps I should say. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rockingham County, Virginia, to Kentucky, about 1781 or 2, where, a year or two later, he was killed by indians ...
Contents
Making His Way with Wit and Wisdom | |
Stumping the State and the Nation | |
Preserving Protecting Defending | |
Making Peace All Passion Spent | |
Notes | |