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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... entire Sangamon delegation . Because the average height of the Whig delegates was six feet , they became known as the Long Nine , with Lincoln , at six feet four , ranking as the longest of them all . Elsewhere , though , the Whigs ...
... entire watermelon for dessert , McDowell abstained from spirits , tobacco , and coffee . He was a huge man , forty - two years old , " square and powerfully built . " Lincoln directed his attention to a map on the office wall and said ...
... entire episode left Chase bitter and alienated . Nevertheless , Lincoln was proud of himself . At last he thought he'd done something right — had solved a dilemma " to entire satisfaction . " He'd not only retained the services of two ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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