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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... talk more about himself . " The chief difficulty I had , " Scripps reported later , " was to induce him to communicate the homely facts of his youth . " " Why , Scripps , " Lincoln protested , " it is a great piece of folly to attempt ...
... talk around the village focused on steamboats and those newfangled railroads . Which was the more profitable means of transporta- tion ? which the way of the future ? Because New Salem was a river town , most villagers favored river and ...
... talk about Constitutional guarantees . Never mind their twitterings about " ultimate " extinction . Extinction was extinction . Once the Republicans took power , then pledges of " ultimate " extinction would disappear like any other ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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