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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... thing that I am absolutely without money now for even household purposes . " But by practicing his own motto that " work , work , work , is the main thing , " he soon restored his finances — and his political confidence . " The fight ...
... thing may be lawfully driven away from where it has a lawful right to be . " Well , Lincoln said , that argument got him in trouble in the South . So Douglas switched his ground again and promulgated his latest doctrine — that the Dred ...
... thing the British had done back before the War of 1812 - boarding neutral vessels and seizing people there . Now , in demanding that neutral rights be honored on the high seas , Britain was endorsing " an old , honored , and cherished ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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