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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... wanted to try his fortune as a produce merchant . An incident of his pro- jected trip he related once to Mr. Seward : " Seward , " he said , " did you ever hear how I earned my first dollar ? " " No , " said Mr. Seward . " Well ...
... wanted to try his fortune as a produce merchant . An incident of his pro- jected trip he related once to Mr. Seward : " Seward , " he said , " did you ever hear how I earned my first dollar ? " " No , " said Mr. Seward . " Well ...
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... loudly boasting that nobody should prevent his saying what he wanted to . The women gone , the man began to abuse Lincoln so hotly that the latter said : " Well , if you must be whipped , I suppose I might as well 64 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... loudly boasting that nobody should prevent his saying what he wanted to . The women gone , the man began to abuse Lincoln so hotly that the latter said : " Well , if you must be whipped , I suppose I might as well 64 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
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... wanted for captain . When the order was given , three - fourths of the men gathered around Lincoln . In Lincoln's third - person autobiography he says he was elected " to his own surprise ; " and adds , " He says he has not since had ...
... wanted for captain . When the order was given , three - fourths of the men gathered around Lincoln . In Lincoln's third - person autobiography he says he was elected " to his own surprise ; " and adds , " He says he has not since had ...
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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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