With Malice Toward None by Stephen B. Oates
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With Malice Toward None

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

HarperCollins · 2009-06-30

With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Biography & Memoir
  • Good for fans of Biography
  • Strong fit for readers who prefer grounded, real-world context.

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  • Themes: Gift, Nonfiction, History.
  • Reading lane: Biography & Memoir and United States.
  • Publisher: HarperCollins.

About This Book

“The standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.” — Washington Post “Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written.” —David Herbert Donald, New York Times Book Review The definitive life of Abraham Lincoln, With Malice Toward None is historian Stephen B. Oates's acclaimed and enthralling portrait of America's greatest leader. In this award-winning biography, Lincoln steps forward out of the shadow of myth as a recognizable, fully drawn American whose remarkabl...

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“The standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.” — Washington Post “Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written.” —David Herbert Donald, New York Times Book Review The definitive life of Abraham Lincoln, With Malice Toward None is historian Stephen B. Oates's acclaimed and enthralling portrait of America's greatest leader. In this award-winning biography, Lincoln steps forward out of the shadow of myth as a recognizable, fully drawn American whose remarkable life continues to inspire and inform us today. Oates masterfully charts, with the pacing of a novel, Lincoln's rise from bitter poverty in America's midwestern frontier to become a self-made success in business, law, and regional politics. The second half of this riveting work examines his legendary leadership on the national stage as president during one of the country's most tumultuous and bloody periods, the Civil War years, which concluded tragically with Lincoln's assassination.