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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... took his hand to them . By the mid - 1840s , Lincoln was making over $ 1,500 a year - a good in- come in those days - which eased their financial worries . He hired a maid to help Mary and free her to shop and socialize more . And in ...
... took cases as they came to him regardless of the justice involved . And once he accepted a retainer , as one writer has stated , Lincoln played for keeps , leaving no stone unturned in representing a client . To ensure accu- racy , he took ...
... took his oath as the sixteenth President of the United States . Up on the hill , cannon belched smoke into the wind and concussions exploded like thunderclaps over the East Plaza . With people cheering him along the way , Lincoln and ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
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