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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... became legendary among her family and friends . Her father , Robert Smith Todd , was an eminent Whig banker in Lexing- ton , and Mary idolized him and loved the world of politics and power in which he moved . Todd entertained ...
... became adamantly determined that slavery should remain on a permanent basis , not just as a labor device but as a means of race control in a region brimming with Negroes . Yet Lincoln clung to the belief that slavery would eventually ...
... became furious and refused to cover the excess bills with government funds . " It can never have my approval , " Lincoln stormed . " I'll pay it out of my pocket first - it would stink in the nostrils of the American people to have it ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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