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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... passed the Senate in the all - night session , and as it concerned the sub- ject of his inaugural , he must incorporate a reference to it in the address . Then he had not replied to the note he had received two days before from Mr ...
... passed the Senate in the all - night session , and as it concerned the sub- ject of his inaugural , he must incorporate a reference to it in the address . Then he had not replied to the note he had received two days before from Mr ...
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... passed over cobble- stones . Nor did the present stately and beautiful approach to the Capitol exist . The west front rose abrupt and stiff from an unkept lawn . The great building itself was still un- completed , and high above his ...
... passed over cobble- stones . Nor did the present stately and beautiful approach to the Capitol exist . The west front rose abrupt and stiff from an unkept lawn . The great building itself was still un- completed , and high above his ...
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Ida M. Tarbell. strongly guarded at its mouth , through which he passed into the building . If he had taken pains to inquire what means had been provided for protecting his life while in the build- ing , he would have been told that ...
Ida M. Tarbell. strongly guarded at its mouth , through which he passed into the building . If he had taken pains to inquire what means had been provided for protecting his life while in the build- ing , he would have been told that ...
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... passed off well , but it is appalling to think of the mischief which might have been done by a single evil - dis- posed person to - day . A blank cartridge fired from a window on Pennsylvania avenue might have disconcerted all our hopes ...
... passed off well , but it is appalling to think of the mischief which might have been done by a single evil - dis- posed person to - day . A blank cartridge fired from a window on Pennsylvania avenue might have disconcerted all our hopes ...
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... passed into the Senate Chamber , filled to overflowing with Senators , members of the Diplomatic Corps , and visitors . The contrast between the two men as they entered struck every observer . " Mr. Buchanan was so withered and bowed ...
... passed into the Senate Chamber , filled to overflowing with Senators , members of the Diplomatic Corps , and visitors . The contrast between the two men as they entered struck every observer . " Mr. Buchanan was so withered and bowed ...
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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