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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... Senate ( in those days , state legislatures selected U.S. senators ) . And Lincoln wanted desperately to be that man , wanted desperately to serve in the na- tional Senate where Henry Clay had served , and there carry on the great ...
... Senate . In fact , by early spring of 1859 he'd made up his mind to challenge Douglas again , to fight for his Senate seat in 1864. For all of Lincoln's talents seemed to point him to the Senate - his literary gifts , his love of ...
... Senate shook with recriminations against him . Chase's liberal friends there , led by Fessenden and his Finance Committee , hurried to the White House and demanded to know why Chase had been relieved . Lincoln told them why , citing ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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