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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... administration was brimming with secessionist sympathizers , Seward established contacts there and kept a close surveillance of what was going on . Lincoln incoln was in despair about Simon Cameron and the fight that now swirled around ...
... administration must agree with the policy and execute it dutifully . Obviously Lincoln was appalled , for the Secretary of State was not only upbraiding his own boss , but offering to take over the administration . Lincoln wrote Seward ...
... administration . As Lincoln feared , the 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 ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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