Lincoln on LincolnPaul M. Zall University Press of Kentucky, 2003-09-21 - 216 psl. 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 conflictsinternal as well as externalas 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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... December Family moves near Pigeon Creek, Ind. 1818 October Nancy Hanks Lincoln dies from tremetol poisoning 1819 Father rejoins children after several December 1828 January months in Kentucky to wed Sarah Bush Johnston Sister Sally dies ...
... December Sits in 30th Congress, Washington 1848 With family, tours New England for September Whig party 1850 Son Edward dies of pulmonary February tuberculosis December Son William "Willie" born Father dies at age seventy-two 1851 ...
... December 1860 May 6 November East for press Made Republican nominee Elected president Inaugurated 16th president Fort Sumter attacked 1861 March April 1862 February Son William dies in White House of September 1863 July bronchial ...
... 500-plus acres at Mill Creek and Sinking Springs because of faulty recordkeeping. Now a Philadelphian claimed 1,000 acres being farmed by Lincoln and nine other families. DECEMBER 1816 We reached our new home about the time the State.
... December 1816. Lincoln would later say he never passed a harder experience than that journey. The family covered 90 miles in about five days by horse, foot, and ferry across the Ohioprobably to the mouth of Anderson River. They then ...
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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 | |