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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... Warren Johnson for processing the words, and to my old friend Thomas F. Schwartz and the Abraham Lincoln Association for permission to reprint from the Collected Works when original texts were wanting. Some Important Dates 1809 February ...
... (Warren 12-14, 16). The land-claim problem must have taken precedence. Thomas Lincoln had already lost more than $200 and 500-plus acres at Mill Creek and Sinking Springs because of faulty recordkeeping. Now a Philadelphian claimed 1,000 ...
... Warren 20; W&D 217). The clearing away of surplus wood was the great task a head. A. though very young, was large for his age, and had an axe put into his hands at once; and from that till within his twentythird year, he was almost ...
... Warren 62-64). 1819-1824 A. went to A.B.C. schools by little, kept successively by An- drew Crawford, Sweeney, and Azel W. Dorsey... now thinks that the agregate of all his schooling did not amount to one year. 10 Located about a mile ...
... (Warren 169-70). 1826-1827 “I constructed a little flatboat, large enough to take a barrel or two of things, that we had gathered, with myself and little bundle, down to New Orleans. A steamer was coming down the river. We have, you know ...
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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 | |