Lincoln on LincolnPaul M. Zall University Press of Kentucky, 2003 M09 21 - 216 páginas Though Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of numerous biographies, his personality remains an enigma. During his lifetime, Lincoln prepared two sketches of his life for the 1860 presidential race. These brief campaign portraits serve as the core around which Paul Zall weaves extracts from correspondence, speeches, and interviews to produce an in-depth biography. Lincoln's writing about himself offers a window into the soul and mind of one of America's greatest president. His words reveal an emotional evolution typically submerged in political biographies. Lincoln on Lincoln shows a man struggling to reconcile personal ambition and civic virtue, conscience and Constitution, and ultimately the will of God and the will of the people. Zall frames Lincoln's words with his own illuminating commentary, providing a continuous, compelling narrative. Beginning with Lincoln's thoughts on his parents, the story moves though his youth and early successes and failures in law and politics, and culminates in his clashes and conflicts—internal as well as external—as president of a divided country. Through his writings, Lincoln said much more about himself than is commonly recognized, and Zall uses this material to create a unique portrait of this pivotal figure. |
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... Fehrenbacher, Robert Gray Gunderson, and Helene Wickham Koon. Their loss diminishes the joy of finishing. But I owe a deep debt of gratitude for aid and comfort to the Technical Services staff of the Huntington Library, not least ...
... Fehrenbacher noted below. I have used quotation marks to distinguish recollections of others; otherwise, this is Lincoln's own story told in his own way in his own words. Extracting excerpts, of course, weakens the integrity of ...
... Fehrenbacher and Fehrenbacher, Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln Facs facsimile LH Lincoln Herald S MTL Scripps, vol. 4 of CW Turner and Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln's letters W&D Wilson and Davis, Lincoln's Informants Other manuscripts ...
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Making His Way with Wit and Wisdom | |
Stumping the State and the Nation | |
Preserving Protecting Defending | |
Making Peace All Passion Spent | |
Notes | |