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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... convention in Springfield with the Douglas forces in firm control . Lincoln , Judd , and Ray were on hand as observers and were jubilant when the convention endorsed popular sove- reignty , as Douglas ordered . For that doctrine was ...
... convention speech , “ A House Divided , " whose major themes had been percolating in his mind for several years . Still , he was a little insecure about the address , so on the eve of the convention he read the manuscript to a group of ...
... convention , which soon adopted a compromise program very like the Crittenden Plan . There were delegations from Virginia and other border states as well . One group came from the Virginia secession convention , which , in waiting to ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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