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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... McClellan as his successor . Finally Lincoln came around to their view . On November 1 he officially accepted Scott's resignation and designated young McClellan as General in Chief , though without Scott's rank of lieutenant general ...
... McClellan's " infernal , unmitigated cowardice . " By now Stanton had added his voice to the clamor for McClellan to move . When two more weeks elapsed and nothing happened anywhere , Lincoln lost all pa- tience with his generals . On ...
... McClellan refused to send the rest of his army until Halleck clarified the command situation . Was McClellan in charge of Pope's army or Pope in charge of McClellan's ? In all the confusion , Halleck went to pieces . What if Pope were ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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