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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... force . He did not , however , specifically rule out the use of force to keep Pickens and Sumter . Having strongly defended the principle of federal authority , he now off- ered as many concessions as he could without violating his oath ...
... force could do that , an all - out attack , a battlefield victory . And so he turned back to his map . The rebel army was split , with some twenty thousand men at Manassas and the rest up in the Shenandoah Valley . While a Union force ...
... force of twenty thousand down the Louisiana side of the river , heading southward through an area of humid bayous and mosquito - infested lakes . Meanwhile Union gunboats and transports ran past Vicksburg's batteries and steamed ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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