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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... attack . Once again he dug in and called for reinforcements . Once again he upbraided the administration for not supporting " this Army . " When Lincoln and Stanton sent him one of McDowell's divisions , McClellan found other reasons ...
... attack Lee ? On April 27 a staff officer rode pellmell up to the White House and handed Lincoln a letter from Hooker ... attacking rebels and that Hooker had fallen back to a village called Chancellorsville . Fallen back ! Lincoln could ...
... attack after another , but Lee parried his assaults from behind earthworks and refused to come out for that showdown fight Grant hoped for . Still , he would not give up . " I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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