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With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln

by Stephen B. Oates

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Abraham Lincoln’s life from frontier beginnings to the presidency

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  • Critical praise

    Washington Post praise

    Described as the standard one-volume biography of Lincoln.

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Abraham Lincoln’s life from frontier beginnings to the presidency

Stephen B. Oates’s biography traces Lincoln’s path from poverty on the Midwestern frontier through work in business, law, and regional politics to national leadership. Its broad scope connects his personal and professional rise with his presidency during the Civil War, a period the description identifies as among the country’s most tumultuous and bloody. The account also addresses Lincoln’s assassination and considers him beyond the shadow of myth, presenting a historical figure shaped by both an individual life and a pivotal national crisis.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking a single-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln
  • Readers interested in Lincoln’s political career and the Civil War era
  • Readers looking for historical biography spanning personal beginnings and presidential leadership

Themes

Abraham Lincoln’s life and careerPolitical leadershipThe Civil WarHistorical memory and myth

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Book overview

"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.

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