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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... 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 as Chase ques- tioned Seward's ...
... Chase now ) , but that only demonstrated how he'd gained confidence in himself and needed less advice from people . Nevertheless , he'd consulted with them all on questions of fundamental policy and there had been no lack of unity on ...
... Chase candidly and honestly thought himself a better man than Lincoln . If elected , Chase promised to run an efficient administration , make no deals with anybody , and preserve America's free institutions . By February the Chase boom ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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