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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... wanted to talk . She did not understand his hypo any more than his friends did and was irritated by his spells of abstraction . They might come on at the dinner table , where he would stare off into space , impervious to conversation ...
... wanted desperately to be that man , wanted desperately to serve in the na- tional Senate where Henry Clay had served , and there carry on the great battle against Kansas - Nebraska in full view of the American Republic— Senator Abraham ...
... wanted most in his Cabinet , men who were honest and incorruptible and who would satisfy all Republican factions - geographical , political , and ideological . Since he lacked administra- tive experience and frankly admitted it , he ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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