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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... January May Postmaster 1834 August Named deputy surveyor Elected to Assembly in Vandalia Attends legislature at $4 a day while December in session 1835 August Death of Ann Rutledge supposedly causes Some Important Dates.
... supposedly causes depression Seeks relief with best friend Joshua Speed at Louisville 1841 January Summer 1842 Weds Mary Todd November 1843 August Robert Todd Lincoln born 1844 Autumn Visit to boyhood home evokes poems Son Edward born ...
... supposed to have ruined in the rain would have cost three times that! (Mearns, Three, 50-52). If a straggler supposed to understand latin, happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizzard. There was absolutely ...
... reduce the price of public land” or “Should females be educated?” (Pond 6-17). Contemporaries say Lincoln about 1827 published newspaper essays, since disappeared, supposedly on debate topics such as the Constitution and alcoholism.
Paul M. Zall. supposedly on debate topics such as the Constitution and alcoholism (Warren 169-70). 1826-1827 “I ... supposed that each of them would give me two or three bits. I sculled them out to the steamboat. “They got on board ...
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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 | |