Lincoln on LincolnPaul M. Zall University Press of Kentucky, 21.09.2003 - 216 Seiten 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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... political information—Indiana's first newspaper introduced itself with an Oliver Goldsmith essay as promise of literature to come (Venable 194-95; Rusk 1:156-57). Newspapers also carried complete public documents with Congressional ...
... politics. Calling himself a Whig meant no more than that he preferred Henry Clay to Andrew Jackson. The obligatory candidate's statement in the Sagamon Journal 15 March (an excerpt follows) emphasized the value of opening the river to ...
... politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance. I am in favor of a national bank. I am in favor of the internal improvement system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles. If elected, I ...
... politics an objection. The store winked out. William Greene, who owned the building and clerked for Lincoln, helped finance the debt of about a thousand dollars, for, said Greene, Lincoln spent his money to buy a compass for surveying ...
... politics. Even before leaving Indiana he attended local courts, followed cases in the press, and later borrowed law books from neighbors (Lamon 37; Duff 32). He had served with Stuart in the Black Hawk war. A year older,
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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 | |