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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... ( liberal and conservative alike ) were white suprema- cists , they all hoped that human bondage would one day ... liberal did . And though he was not identified as a “ radical " or " liberal " within the party ( and would not so identify ...
... liberals thought him a failure . In Congress , liberal Republicans derided Lincoln as a “ simple Susan " who'd dragged his feet on every significant war measure . " This vacillation and indecisiveness of the President , " asserted a ...
... liberal , though without the petulance and fretfulness of many of his associates . Lincoln thought the idea of Fessenden in the Treasury was proof that " the Lord hadn't forsaken me yet . " With another liberal in his official family ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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