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 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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... Father rejoins children after several December 1828 January months in Kentucky to wed Sarah Bush Johnston Sister Sally dies in childbirth, aged 21 Takes first flatboat voyage to New Orleans April 1830 March Family moves ten miles south ...
... Father dies at age seventy-two 1851 January 1853 April Son Thomas "Tad" born. 1856 May Aids in forming Republican party in Illinois 1858 AugustOctober Debates Stephen A. Douglas in race for U.S. Senate; wins popular vote, loses in ...
... father of the present subject, by the early death of his father, and very narrow circumstances of his mother, even in childhood was a wandering laboring boy, and grew up litterally without education. He never did more in the way of ...
... father resided on Knob-creek, on the road from Bardstown Ky.to Nashville Tenn. at a point three, or three and a half miles South or South-West of Atherton's ferry on the Rolling Fork. (I was born on Nolin, very much nearer Hodgin s-Mill ...
... father, a flock of wild turkeys approached the new log-cabin, and A. with a rifle gun, standing inside, shot through a crack, and killed one of them. He has never since pulled a trigger on any larger game. Lincoln's hunting prowess ...
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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 | |