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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Paul M. Zall. PREFACE. The excerpts in this book have been selected to tell a story of Abraham Lincoln's life in his own words. They have been put together from his writings, speeches, and interviews with preference for those recorded as ...
Paul M. Zall. Shandy in the history of his own life. His Book 9, Chapter 25, lays out the rule: “Let people tell their stories their own way.” ABBREVIATIONS CW Basler et al., Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln.
... telling how fifteen-year-old Mordecai ran to a neighboring cabin, seized his rifle, and shot the culprit carrying off little Thomas. Robert Lincoln then added that, since Grandfather had left no will, his entire estate, consisting of ...
... regard. Later, she confessed to have angered him when he visited, by telling a boy to fib that she was not home when Lincoln knew she was home. Still, she said there were no “hard feelings towards each other that I knew.
... tell; I awfully forbode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better. I fear I shall be ... telling a verry mysterious and improbable story about the disappearance of Fisher, which induced the community there to ...
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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 | |