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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... March . Then all Lincoln could do was wait . That and tend to the day - to - day grind of his office , making dozens of diplomatic appointments and distributing other " loaves and fishes " to office seekers who mobbed the White House ...
... March 5 a humiliated Chase withdrew his candidacy . And when the Republican National Committee subsequently lined up with Lincoln , his renomination seemed all but guaranteed . A lot of Republicans , however , remained bitterly unhappy ...
... March 5 , 1861 ; Lincoln's inaugural address , CW , IV , 262-271 ; Potter , Lincoln and His Party , 319-337 ... March 5 , 1861 , and Scott to Lincoln , March 11 , 1861 , RTL Coll .; Lincoln , CW , IV , 279 , 284 , 285n ; replies of ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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