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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... night before , was still in session ; scores of persons who had come to see the inauguration of the first Republican Presi- dent , and who had been unable to find other bed than the floor , were walking the streets ; the morning trains ...
... night before , was still in session ; scores of persons who had come to see the inauguration of the first Republican Presi- dent , and who had been unable to find other bed than the floor , were walking the streets ; the morning trains ...
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... night in his " Diary , " " than the way in which the troops were thrust everywhere upon the public attention , even to the roofs of the houses on Pennsylvania avenue , on which little squads of sharp- shooters were absurdly stationed ...
... night in his " Diary , " " than the way in which the troops were thrust everywhere upon the public attention , even to the roofs of the houses on Pennsylvania avenue , on which little squads of sharp- shooters were absurdly stationed ...
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... night on every corner of New York , Boston , Philadelphia , Buffalo , and every other city and town of the country reached by the telegraph , men were asking the same question . The an- swers showed that the address was not the ...
... night on every corner of New York , Boston , Philadelphia , Buffalo , and every other city and town of the country reached by the telegraph , men were asking the same question . The an- swers showed that the address was not the ...
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... night of December 26 he spiked the guns of that fort and secretly transferred his force to Sumter , an almost impregnable position in the centre of the harbor . In the South the uproar over this act was terrific . The administration was ...
... night of December 26 he spiked the guns of that fort and secretly transferred his force to Sumter , an almost impregnable position in the centre of the harbor . In the South the uproar over this act was terrific . The administration was ...
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... landed , should be placed in Fort Pickens . As this order went by sea , it was necessarily some time before it arrived . Night and day during this interval Lin- coln was busy in a series of original investigations of 16 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... landed , should be placed in Fort Pickens . As this order went by sea , it was necessarily some time before it arrived . Night and day during this interval Lin- coln was busy in a series of original investigations of 16 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
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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