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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... facts of his life ... like the fact that his first name was Abraham , not Abram , as he was tired of pointing out . To ensure factual accuracy , Lincoln even agreed to furnish a summary of his early life and career . As he spoke ...
... fact , Lincoln had warned his colleagues against " strange and new combinations , " warned that " we must never sell old friends to buy old enemies . " Yet Herndon wrote Trum- bull that Lincoln " does not know the details of how we get ...
... fact , the South was in no more danger in this respect than in the days of Washington . " I suppose , however , this does not meet the case . You think slavery is right and ought to be extended ; while we think it is wrong and ought to ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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