The Life of Abraham LincolnCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 444 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 I covers Lincoln's life from before he was even born, with the origins of the Lincoln family back to the early 17th century, through his education, his service in the Black Hawk War, his early dabblings in politics, his experiences and attitudes as a lawyer, and the presidential campaign of 1860. |
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... says that Abraham Lincoln , in those days when he was his schoolmate , was “ an unusually bright boy at school , and made splendid progress in his studies . Indeed , he learned faster than any of his schoolmates . Though so young , he ...
... says that Abraham Lincoln , in those days when he was his schoolmate , was “ an unusually bright boy at school , and made splendid progress in his studies . Indeed , he learned faster than any of his schoolmates . Though so young , he ...
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... says his son . It was due , as well , no doubt , to the fascination which an unknown country has always for the adventurous , and to that restless pioneer spirit which drives even men of sober judg- ment continually towards the frontier ...
... says his son . It was due , as well , no doubt , to the fascination which an unknown country has always for the adventurous , and to that restless pioneer spirit which drives even men of sober judg- ment continually towards the frontier ...
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... says of one of its articles- the linsey - woolsey shirt— “ It was an excellent garment . I have never felt so happy and healthy since I put it off . " These " pretty pinching times , " as Abraham Lincoln once described the early days in ...
... says of one of its articles- the linsey - woolsey shirt— “ It was an excellent garment . I have never felt so happy and healthy since I put it off . " These " pretty pinching times , " as Abraham Lincoln once described the early days in ...
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... says of his exploits as a hunter : " A few days before the completion of his eighth year , in the absence of his father , a flock of wild turkeys ap- proached the new log cabin ; and Abraham with a rifle gun , standing inside , shot ...
... says of his exploits as a hunter : " A few days before the completion of his eighth year , in the absence of his father , a flock of wild turkeys ap- proached the new log cabin ; and Abraham with a rifle gun , standing inside , shot ...
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... says : " Tom and Nancy Lincoln and Sally Bush were just steeped full of Jesse Head's notions about the wrong of slavery and the rights of man as ex- plained by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine . " In 1806 Charles Osborne began to ...
... says : " Tom and Nancy Lincoln and Sally Bush were just steeped full of Jesse Head's notions about the wrong of slavery and the rights of man as ex- plained by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine . " In 1806 Charles Osborne began to ...
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Lincoln runs for State assembly and is defeatedStore | 89 |
Electioneering in Illinois in 1834Lincoln reads law | 108 |
Lincoln becomes a candidate for Congress and is | 192 |
Lincoln in Washington in 1847He opposes the Mexi | 207 |
Lincoln at NiagaraSecures a patent for an inven | 225 |
Lincoln on the circuitHis humor and persuasiveness | 241 |
Lincolns important law casesDefence of a slave girl | 257 |
Lincoln reenters politics | 279 |
The LincolnDouglas debates | 301 |
Lincolns nomination in 1860 | 334 |
Lincoln is reelected to the Illinois assemblyHis first | 124 |
Lincoln begins to study lawMary OwensA news | 147 |
CHAPTER PAGE | 170 |
Mr Lincoln as Presidentelect | 387 |
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