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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... Union unhurt . " In an open letter to Horace Greeley , who in the Tribune had reproached Lincoln for not freeing the slaves : " My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union , and is not either to save or to destroy slavery ...
... Union party , plainly implying that the regular Demo- crats were against the Union , were indeed treasonable Copperheads . In his concern about the elections , Lincoln composed a public letter in which he lashed out at Democrats " who ...
... Union candidates . With Lincoln's approval , Stanton fur- loughed soldiers home to vote in Ohio , New York , Delaware , and other states with crucial elections coming up . Though he did all he could for Union candidates , Lincoln ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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