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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... head south while Thomas and Sally Lincoln moved to another homestead in Coles County . With Hanks and Johnston , young Lincoln paddled a canoe down the Sangamon River and then slogged to Springfield through mud and rivulets of water ...
... head out a window and shouted , " Hullo ! Hullo ! " The traveler stopped his buggy and asked what the drunk wanted . " Nothing of you , " the man replied . " Well , " the traveler exclaimed , " what in damnation do you yell hullo for ...
... head with a slingshot while Norris clubbed the back of his head with a wagon yoke . Obviously one or both blows killed him . Lincoln rose to cross - examine . With his fingers hooked under his gallus straps , he asked the witness to ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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