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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... Virginia and other border states as well . One group came from the Virginia secession convention , which , in waiting to see what Lincoln would do , would vote neither to secede nor to adjourn . The Virginians urged Lincoln to give them ...
... Virginia convention voted for secession , Blair met with Lee in his Wash- ington home and unofficially offered Lee field command of the Union army , insisting that he spoke for the President . But Lee declined the offer . He conceded ...
... Virginia and elsewhere to capture this city . The rebels attack Fort Sumter , and your citizens attack troops sent to the defense of the Government , and the lives and property in Washington , and yet you would have me break my oath and ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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