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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... speeches, and interviews with preference for those recorded as the events or ideas unfolded. His own writings have been supplemented by reports from newspapers and reliable witnesses, with all sources listed in an appendix. Primary ...
... speeches, interviews, and reliable reports to provide a tapestry of his life in his own words. He was not the kind of person to bare his soul in public or in private. “Even, between ourselves,” lamented Mary Todd Lincoln, “when our deep ...
... speeches reported in the Congressional Globe, prototype of the Congressional Record, and that he would distribute drafts of other documents for friends to review and revise. Such drafts have added value in allowing us to see Lincoln's ...
... speech was at a debating club (“did pretty well”) and that he “used to walk 6 miles” to another debating club where “men of no education whatever” would practice what they called “polemics” (Howard 393; Mearns, Lincoln Papers, 1:157-58) ...
... speech at Island Grove said he would rebut Jacksonians' heckling with his own funny stories. Ellis's rendition of a speech from that first campaign (below) sounds like a misremembered version of the Sangamon Journal candidate's ...
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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 | |
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