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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... never liked to talk about them . In fact , he had worked all his adult life to overcome the limitations of his frontier background , to make himself into a literate and professional man who commanded the respect of his colleagues . So ...
The Life of Abraham Lincoln Stephen B. Oates. to the conclusion never again to think of marrying ; and for this reason ; I can never be satisfied with any one who would be block - head enough to have me . " On the day Lincoln arrived in ...
... never begrudged him for his drinking . In fact , Lincoln liked to quote what a Kentuckian once told him , that “ its been my experience that folks who have no vices have generally very few virtues . " Back home from the circuit ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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