The Life of Abraham LincolnCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 488 páginas She is remembered today as a muckraking journalist, author of such blockbuster exposes as 1904's The History of the Standard Oil Company, which actually contributed to the corporation's breakup in 1911. But in this 1900 work, as charming as it is important, American author IDA MINERVA TARBELL (1857-1944) shows a softer side as she traces, with a laudatory and admiring spirit, the development of the character and morals of Abraham Lincoln. Begun as a project by McClure's Magazine to collect and preserve the reminiscences of friends and acquaintances of Abraham Lincoln while they were still alive, the project grew into a series of articles for the periodical, and then finally this two-volume spiritual biography of the great man, which draws on firsthand memories and other material, including original sources such speeches, letters, and telegrams. Volume II begins with Lincoln's inauguration as President of the United States and follows him through the Civil War, his struggle with the "weapon" of emancipation, his reelection in 1864, and his death and funeral. This volume also features an extensive appendix of original documents written by and to Lincoln. |
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... company was seated on the platform erected on the east portico of the Capitol , Mr. Lincoln arose and ad- vanced to the front , where he was introduced by his friend , Senator Baker , of Oregon . He carried a cane and a little roll ...
... company was seated on the platform erected on the east portico of the Capitol , Mr. Lincoln arose and ad- vanced to the front , where he was introduced by his friend , Senator Baker , of Oregon . He carried a cane and a little roll ...
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... company were laughing , the Pres- ident beat a quiet retreat from the neighborhood of the At- torney - General . " Lincoln's story - telling that evening was used , as often hap- pened , to cover a serious mental struggle . After many ...
... company were laughing , the Pres- ident beat a quiet retreat from the neighborhood of the At- torney - General . " Lincoln's story - telling that evening was used , as often hap- pened , to cover a serious mental struggle . After many ...
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... company called the " Silver Grays , " and the sol- diers of the War of 1812 offered themselves . By Tuesday , April 23 , a new terror was added to the situation - that of famine . The country around had been scoured for provisions , and ...
... company called the " Silver Grays , " and the sol- diers of the War of 1812 offered themselves . By Tuesday , April 23 , a new terror was added to the situation - that of famine . The country around had been scoured for provisions , and ...
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... company , that our present diffi- culties might be settled without the shedding of blood . I will not say that all hope has yet gone ; but if the alternative is presented whether the Union is to be broken in fragments and the liberties ...
... company , that our present diffi- culties might be settled without the shedding of blood . I will not say that all hope has yet gone ; but if the alternative is presented whether the Union is to be broken in fragments and the liberties ...
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... company which somehow had kept together marched up the street , mud- splashed and dejected . One of the most pathetic sights of the day was the return of Burnside and his men . The regiment and its handsome general had been one of the ...
... company which somehow had kept together marched up the street , mud- splashed and dejected . One of the most pathetic sights of the day was the return of Burnside and his men . The regiment and its handsome general had been one of the ...
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Abraham Lincoln appointment April Army of Potomac asked August Baltimore believe Burnside cabinet called City Point coln Colonel Congress Cypher DEAR SIR death sentence December December 26 DEPARTMENT desertion dispatch election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy execution of death EXECUTIVE MANSION February Fort Monroe Fort Sumter forward record Frémont friends further order Governor Grant Halleck Illinois January January 20 John June letter MAJOR ECKERT MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE March McClellan ment military Missouri Monroe morning never NICOLAY night North October October 15 OFFICER IN COMMAND Ohio party passed persons pier President President's proclamation received regiment Republican Richmond Saint Louis Secretary of War Senator sent September September 13 Seward slavery slaves soldiers South Springfield Stanton Sumter Suspend execution Talbott telegram telegraph Tenn thing tion to-day troops Union Volunteers vote WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON CITY Whigs White House wrote York