With Malice Toward None

Stephen B. Oates's acclaimed and award-winning biography, *With Malice Toward None*, is widely considered the definitive and most objective single-volume life of Abraham Lincoln. Charting his rise from impoverished Midwestern origins to a self-made success in law and politics, Oates masterfully depicts Lincoln as a fully drawn American. With the pacing of a novel, the book details his legendary leadership as president during the tumultuous Civil War, culminating in his tragic assassination. This essential portrait moves beyond myth, revealing a Lincoln whose remarkable life continues to inspire and inform.

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