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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... Illinois . In all he participated in 243 cases before that tribunal and won most of them . It was here that he earned his reputation as a lawyer's lawyer , adept at meticulous preparation and cogent argument . It was here that he argued ...
... Illinois had no clear Presidential contender . Back in Illinois , Lincoln men rejoiced , for the choice of Chicago boded well indeed for Lincoln's incipient candidacy . In January , 1860 , Judd and Lincoln's Eighth Circuit chums met ...
... Illinois Republicans found him the only candidate they could unite behind , since Seward and Chase were anathema in southern Illinois and Bates of Missouri was unacceptable in the north . Because of Lincoln's availability and his ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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