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Abraham Lincoln is one of the giants of American history. By this, I mean that so much has been written about him and his times that it's hard to get one's arms around the subject. Just like Washington and Jefferson, one could spend a lifetime of reading and find that there's still more to be read. Where to start?
With Malice Toward None serves well as an introductory biography of Lincoln. On the one hand, Oates makes his subject come alive. On the other hand, Lincoln is more than he appears here. I left this work wanting to dig much deeper - perhaps that's the best recommendation for a popular biography of such a complex man. ( )
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I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing. A. Lincoln to a Louisiana Unionist, 1862
A biographer's mission is to perpetuate a man as he was in the days he lived - a spring task of bringing to life again. Paul Murray Kendall
I hope, however, that the following pages may prove to be of interest from the strictly biographical no less than from the historical point of view. Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal processes - which is external, and must be felt for its own sake. Lytton Strachey
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Outside of Illinois, people knew little about him.
Since it was first published in 1977, With Malice Toward None has enjoyed a critical and popular reception beyond all my expectations. (Preface to the Harper-Perennial Edition)
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From Chicago the train ran south across the prairies, taking Lincoln and Willie home now, home at last to Springfield.
I hope that my biography illustrates these points, so that readers will have a clearer understanding of why Lincoln is almost universally regarded as our greatest president. (Preface to the Harper-Perennial Edition)
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