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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... Stanton was almost paralyzed with grief . Two and a half years later his wife also died . " This calamity has overwhelmed me , " Stanton wept , and at night he would wander through his house with a lantern , calling out for his wife ...
... Stanton had done everything he could think of to guard the President : he'd ordered a company of Pennsylvania troops to encamp on the White House lawn . Dur- ing the past winter , he'd worked with the Washington police chief to provide ...
... Stanton's shoulders . " Stanton , you have been a good friend and a faithful public officer and it is not for you to say when you will be no longer needed here . " Reluctantly Stanton agreed to remain . In the crucial matter of ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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