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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... tried his best to keep a tune , Dennis said , but " he never could Sing Much . " The following summer an epidemic of the dreaded " milk sick " swept through the area . Many settlers died , including Thomas and Elizabeth Spar- row , and ...
... tried to shoot him . He thought it was probably an accident - somebody out hunting most likely . Lamon never forgot that story . He was certain that Lincoln's life was in danger , certain that his enemies had tried to murder him that ...
... tried to relax , tried to get his mind off reconstruction , tried to lose himself in the play's preposterous humor . Mary rested her hand on his knee , called his attention to situations on stage , and clapped happily at the funniest ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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