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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... Cabinet controversy ) , he asked Chase if he would accept the Treasury post . But Chase was grave and reluctant . Frankly , he would rather be in the Senate . Too , he was unhappy that Lincoln had named Seward to the Cabinet , inasmuch ...
... Cabinet choices , he liked old man Blair and ended up making him a kind of ex - officio Cabinet member , an " elder statesman " of the Lincoln administration whose political clout the President could use . A former Dem- ocrat who ...
... Cabinet with him except Seward . Right off he gave a speech about the harmony of his Cabinet , informing the delegation that there had been " no want of unity or of suffi- cient consultation " and summoning his Secretaries to back him ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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