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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... seemed little more than half a man . ” A few moments ' delay , and the movement from the Senate towards the east front began , the justices of the Supreme Court , in cap and gown , heading the procession . As soon as the large company ...
... seemed little more than half a man . ” A few moments ' delay , and the movement from the Senate towards the east front began , the justices of the Supreme Court , in cap and gown , heading the procession . As soon as the large company ...
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Ida M. Tarbell. a clear , distinct , and musical voice , which seemed to be heard and distinctly understood to the very outskirts of this vast concourse of his fellow - citizens . At its conclusion , he turned partially around on his ...
Ida M. Tarbell. a clear , distinct , and musical voice , which seemed to be heard and distinctly understood to the very outskirts of this vast concourse of his fellow - citizens . At its conclusion , he turned partially around on his ...
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... seemed almost inevitable . " Unwilling to decide at once , Lincoln devised a manœuvre by which he hoped to shift public attention from Fort Sumter to Fort Pickens , in Pensacola Harbor . The situation of the two forts was similar ...
... seemed almost inevitable . " Unwilling to decide at once , Lincoln devised a manœuvre by which he hoped to shift public attention from Fort Sumter to Fort Pickens , in Pensacola Harbor . The situation of the two forts was similar ...
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... seemed cer- tain , then suddenly no one knew why it seemed as if another twenty - four hours would plunge the country into war . Many a public man on both sides had grown thin and haggard in wrestling with the terrible problem that ...
... seemed cer- tain , then suddenly no one knew why it seemed as if another twenty - four hours would plunge the country into war . Many a public man on both sides had grown thin and haggard in wrestling with the terrible problem that ...
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... seemed to him an unbecoming placidity on the part of Mr. Lincoln . The General had just come from Louisiana . " How are they getting on down there ? " asked the President . 66 66 They are getting on swimmingly , " Sherman replied . They ...
... seemed to him an unbecoming placidity on the part of Mr. Lincoln . The General had just come from Louisiana . " How are they getting on down there ? " asked the President . 66 66 They are getting on swimmingly , " Sherman replied . They ...
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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