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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... President . " They escorted him to a seat not far from Mary , who was radiant tonight and terribly proud of him and their shared triumph . The Republican women , wrote a correspondent , made over Lincoln with " solicitous attention ...
... President of the Confederacy , with none other than Alexander H. Stephens as his Vice- President . Delirious crowds and booming cannon had greeted Davis's inau- gural , and an actress named Maggie Smith had danced on a United States ...
... President , which wasn't " too successful . " But how he enjoyed Kerr's hits on Chase and Welles . And there was the wonderful poem about McClellan , Lincoln said , the one that described the general in mythological terms as the monkey ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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