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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... July 1 , the Secretary of War reported 310,000 men at his command , and added : " At the present moment the government presents the striking anomaly of being em- * These extracts are from letters to Mr. Cameron found in a volume of the ...
... July 1 , the Secretary of War reported 310,000 men at his command , and added : " At the present moment the government presents the striking anomaly of being em- * These extracts are from letters to Mr. Cameron found in a volume of the ...
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... July . By that date the place must be held by the National Army . " Mr. Lincoln was as anxious for a successful movement southward as any man in the country ; but for some time he resisted the popular outcry , giving his generals the ...
... July . By that date the place must be held by the National Army . " Mr. Lincoln was as anxious for a successful movement southward as any man in the country ; but for some time he resisted the popular outcry , giving his generals the ...
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... July 9 . Before the battle came off , however , the President wished to impress again on the North what it was fighting for . On July 4 , when he sent his message to Congress , which he had summoned in extra session , he put before them ...
... July 9 . Before the battle came off , however , the President wished to impress again on the North what it was fighting for . On July 4 , when he sent his message to Congress , which he had summoned in extra session , he put before them ...
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... July 9. For one and another reason , however , it was July 21 before the army was ready to attack . The day was Sunday , a brilliant , hot Washington day . Anxious as Mr. Lincoln was over the coming battle , he went to church as usual ...
... July 9. For one and another reason , however , it was July 21 before the army was ready to attack . The day was Sunday , a brilliant , hot Washington day . Anxious as Mr. Lincoln was over the coming battle , he went to church as usual ...
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... July 23 , he wrote out the follow- ing " Memoranda of Military Policy suggested by the Bull Run Defeat . " Nicolay and Hay . to whose history we owe this document , say that the President made the first THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR 57.
... July 23 , he wrote out the follow- ing " Memoranda of Military Policy suggested by the Bull Run Defeat . " Nicolay and Hay . to whose history we owe this document , say that the President made the first THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR 57.
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