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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... boy only vaguely understood - an error in his father's land titles , threat- ened lawsuits , and something about ... boy's eighth birthday , the family moved into a new log cabin , with a packed earth floor , a stone fireplace , and a ...
... boy had a large head and squirmed like a tadpole , they called him Tad or Taddie . Due perhaps to a cleft palate , Tad ... boys spoiled little hellions . But the Lincolns ignored such criticism . They listened to their children , took an ...
... boys tried a soldier doll named Jack , found him guilty of desertion , shot him to death , and buried him in the White House garden . One day , though , they darted around Hay and burst into Lincoln's office , explaining in a breathless ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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