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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... cause of Republicanism — the hope of free men everywhere . Which were grand words for the Republican cause , but some wondered about Lincoln's own career . Where was he going as a politician ? What were his plans ? During the winter ...
... cause as John C. Calhoun . And Frederick Douglass , the most eminent black man in the North , contended that there ... caused in the South , where his name would not even appear on the ballot in ten states and where he was burned in ...
... cause of liberty and free government had won . And if he might have preferred to serve that cause in the national Senate , fate had decreed otherwise : in the inscrutable rush of time , Lincoln had been carried to a different ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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