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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... young entrepreneurs . At last , three months after they had set out , they landed at Rockport and made their way back to Little Pigeon Creek , where young Lincoln dutifully gave his father the twenty - five dollars he'd earned for his ...
... young lawyers who were influential in the choice of Whig candi- dates all about the state . Stuart was a member , and so were Stephen T. Logan and Edward Baker , the latter a small , sprightly Englishman who became another of Lincoln's ...
... young women had streamed into town , all looking for husbands . Two of the leading socialites were Ninian and Elizabeth Edwards , whose hilltop mansion served as a meeting place for young couples , a frequent site for picnics and ...
Contents
Why Should the Spirit of | 41 |
On the Pilgrimage Road | 91 |
Mighty Scourge of War | 373 |
Copyright | |
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