With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham LincolnA masterful biography of Lincoln that follows his bitter struggle with poverty, his self-made success in business and law, his early disappointing political career, and his leadership as President during one of America's most tumultuous periods. |
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а states , called themselves Republicans one after another , and vowed to form a new political party dedicated to saving the West for free labor and free white men . Still , party lines were extremely blurred , with many free - soilers ...
а states , called themselves Republicans one after another , and vowed to form a new political party dedicated to saving the West for free labor and free white men . Still , party lines were extremely blurred , with many free - soilers ...
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That winter Lincoln thought a good deal about the Republicans and Whigs , the latter so splintered over the slave controversy that the old party seemed doomed to extinction . By February , 1856 , he'd concluded that old party labels ...
That winter Lincoln thought a good deal about the Republicans and Whigs , the latter so splintered over the slave controversy that the old party seemed doomed to extinction . By February , 1856 , he'd concluded that old party labels ...
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Meanwhile , Lincoln wrote Republican leaders beyond Illinois and offered sober advice about party strategy . He emphatically opposed an anti - alien amendment adopted in Republican Massachusetts , asserting that the American mission was ...
Meanwhile , Lincoln wrote Republican leaders beyond Illinois and offered sober advice about party strategy . He emphatically opposed an anti - alien amendment adopted in Republican Massachusetts , asserting that the American mission was ...
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User Review - wcpweaver - LibraryThingI had originally decided not to read a Lincoln bio since Lincoln is one president that I know something about but the Fillmore and Buchanan bios gave such a "peculiar" perspective towards Lincoln ... Read full review
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| Title | With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln |
| Author | Stephen B. Oates |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1977 |
| ISBN | 0060132833, 9780060132835 |
| Length | 492 pages |
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