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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... reached the ears of the President - elect , at his rooms in Willard's Hotel , where from an early hour he had been at work . An amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States had passed the Senate in the all - night session , and ...
... reached the ears of the President - elect , at his rooms in Willard's Hotel , where from an early hour he had been at work . An amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States had passed the Senate in the all - night session , and ...
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... tops were groups of riflemen . When Lin- coln reached the north side of the Capitol , where he de- scended to enter the building , he found a board tunnel , strongly guarded at its mouth , through which he passed 2 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... tops were groups of riflemen . When Lin- coln reached the north side of the Capitol , where he de- scended to enter the building , he found a board tunnel , strongly guarded at its mouth , through which he passed 2 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
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... reaching Wash- ington in February , Mr. Lincoln's first act had been to give to Mr. Seward a copy of the paper he had prepared , and to ask for his criticisms . Of the paragraphs quoted above , Mr. Seward wrote : I declare to you my ...
... reaching Wash- ington in February , Mr. Lincoln's first act had been to give to Mr. Seward a copy of the paper he had prepared , and to ask for his criticisms . Of the paragraphs quoted above , Mr. Seward wrote : I declare to you my ...
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... reached by the telegraph , men were asking the same question . The an- swers showed that the address was not the equivocal docu- ment Mr. Seward had tried to make it . 6 " It is marked , " said the New York " Tribune " of March 5 , " by ...
... reached by the telegraph , men were asking the same question . The an- swers showed that the address was not the equivocal docu- ment Mr. Seward had tried to make it . 6 " It is marked , " said the New York " Tribune " of March 5 , " by ...
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... reached Fort Pickens or not , General Scott , who was ill , sent a letter over to the White House , advising Mr. Lincoln to abandon both Sumter and Pickens . Coming from such a source , the letter was a heavy blow to the President . One ...
... reached Fort Pickens or not , General Scott , who was ill , sent a letter over to the White House , advising Mr. Lincoln to abandon both Sumter and Pickens . Coming from such a source , the letter was a heavy blow to the President . One ...
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