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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... election as a popular mandate for him and his emancipation policy . But in reality the election provided no clear referendum on slavery , since Republicans played emancipation down and concentrated on the " treasonable " peace plank in ...
... election , 360 ; and 1860 presidential election , 169 ; Lee invasion of , 350-352 ; and Lincoln nomination , 170. See also Gettysburg , battle of " Peoria Speech " ( Lincoln ) , 114-118 , 123 Petersburg , siege and battle , 390 , 394 ...
... election , 322-324 ; 1863 state election , 358-360 ; and emancipation and Proclam . , 297-298 , 307 , 320 , 322 , 339 ; and Harpers Ferry , 168 ; " House Divided " speech and , 142 , 144 ; and Kansas statehood , 138-139 ; liberals and ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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