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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... gave birth to a son , whom they named Robert Todd after her father . Ashamed of their living conditions , Lincoln scrimped and toiled in a relent- less effort to get ahead , putting in long hours at his office and building up a sizable ...
... gave him a reputation as an extremist . Yet in back of his public bluster , Seward wasn't a radical at all . On the contrary , he was a practical , calculating man of the political arena who disdained extremism and never let abstract ...
... gave a very wheezy catching laugh and in his glee fell to scratching himself on the elbows . " His White House tales gave rise to a new item called " Lincoln stories , " but Lincoln always denied their originality . " You speak of ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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