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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... army in Virginia would strike once again at Manassas , a second force would push down the Mississippi toward Memphis , and a third , acting in concert with the Missis- sippi expedition , would move out of Cincinnati into east Tennessee ...
... army . How could he sacrifice their lives by hurling them insanely against a superior foe ? So , no , he did not counter- attack . Once again he dug in and called for reinforcements . Once again he upbraided the administration for not ...
... army , rejoined his family in Missouri , and tilled a small dirt farm he called " Hardscrabble . " Eventually he moved into Saint Louis , but failed there as a real estate salesman . Suffering from ague and rheumatism and feeling ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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