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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... took place at the home of Richard Berry , near Beechland in Washington County , Kentucky . It was celebrated in the boisterous style of one hundred years ago , and was followed by an infare , given by the bride's guardian . To this ...
... took place at the home of Richard Berry , near Beechland in Washington County , Kentucky . It was celebrated in the boisterous style of one hundred years ago , and was followed by an infare , given by the bride's guardian . To this ...
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... took care of his wife . ” The Lincoln home was undoubtedly rude , and in many ways uncomfortable , but it sheltered a happy family , and its poverty affected the new child but little . He grew to be robust and active and soon learned ...
... took care of his wife . ” The Lincoln home was undoubtedly rude , and in many ways uncomfortable , but it sheltered a happy family , and its poverty affected the new child but little . He grew to be robust and active and soon learned ...
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... took great pains to teach her children what she knew , and that at her knee they heard all the Bible lore , fairy tales , and country legends that she had been able to gather in her poor life . Besides the " A B C schools , " as Lincoln ...
... took great pains to teach her children what she knew , and that at her knee they heard all the Bible lore , fairy tales , and country legends that she had been able to gather in her poor life . Besides the " A B C schools , " as Lincoln ...
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... took the place of the " half- face camp " had but one room , with a loft above . For a long time there was no window , door , or floor ; not even the traditional deer - skin hung before the exit ; there was no oiled paper over the ...
... took the place of the " half- face camp " had but one room , with a loft above . For a long time there was no window , door , or floor ; not even the traditional deer - skin hung before the exit ; there was no oiled paper over the ...
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... took a great fancy to one of the girls ; and when they were gone I thought of her a great deal , and one day when I was sitting out in the sun by the house I wrote out a story in my mind . I thought I took my father's horse and followed ...
... took a great fancy to one of the girls ; and when they were gone I thought of her a great deal , and one day when I was sitting out in the sun by the house I wrote out a story in my mind . I thought I took my father's horse and followed ...
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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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