The Real Lincoln : A New Look At Abraham Lincoln

As an admirer of Lincoln, O’Reilly shares similar conservative views in politics and religion. O’Reilly was a New Yorker born and raised, who attended private schools and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in history at Marist College, a masters in broadcasting journalism at Boston University, and a masters of public administration at Harvard University. He has been a history teacher, a newspaper columnist, and is currently a highly successful political commentator with his own show “The O’Reilly Factor”. In spite of his extensive background in history, when researching this subject, O’Reilly discovered more controversy than expected, as there are many conspiracy theories surrounding Lincoln’s assassination. He revealed the layers of proven and alleged conspiracies for the reader. Today’s ongoing debates of the facts played a part in O’Reilly’s decision to write this

“Abraham Lincoln and The Second American Revolution”, written by James M. McPherson, one of America’s historians. McPherson has also written,” Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era”, “Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief”, “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” and many other history related books. “Abraham Lincoln and The Second American Revolution” consists of seven essays throughout on important themes in American history and unusual standpoints on the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln.

Killing Lincoln is a marvelous book regarding the assassination of one of America’s most esteemed and famous President. This book shows different perspectives of the events during the Civil War that leads up to the assassination of President Lincoln. The book is a great tool to helping readers understand the true mindset of people during this horrific time. The book also shows how history could have possibly been changed by one important strategical move during the war. Killing Lincoln shows the plans and events of Lincoln’s assassination and the time after. The book will take a person into the story and grants them access into the minds of different people who were involved throughout the entire event.

In The Radical and the Republican by James Oakes, the author explains the revolutionary lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The text explains their trials to help end slavery and how it helped shaped the future of 19th – 20th century America. The book puts into range, the aspect of the politics involving the two men. According to Oakes, both Abraham and Frederick “…hated…slavery…” (Oakes 90). There hatred for slavery rose from different origins and intentions. The text helps communicate the significance of perspective and position when trying to solve a problem in one’s court.

He keeps to the subject very well in this book, making the tone of it objective, keeping his personal views out. The book is written in an undeviating fashion, looking at Lincoln’s relationship with slavery from his early childhood to his death and beyond.

DiLorenzo does a great job showing the theme and overall topics he writes about throughout the book. In chapter two, the main focus is discussing Lincoln's position, along with other Northerners positions on equality for racism. It is stated that Lincoln had no intent on having any form of equality for the blacks and the whites. He claims on his own thoughts that blacks are inferior. Even though he did not agree with equality, he did believe that slavery was wrong. When it came to the topic of slavery ending, he seemed as if he wanted it to end, but in reality he did not care either way. Lincoln also disagreed with blacks holding any office, blacks being able to serve on a jury, and the topic of black suffrage. Majority of northerners, being

In a time when political injustice and scandals plagued Washington D.C, many lost faith in their government and the union which it looked to preserve. The country brought to the verge of civil war, only one man was thought to be the best chance to keep the nation intact in the Republican Party. His name was Abraham Lincoln. In this captivating biography, Doris Goodwin, a much admired historian, gives readers insight on what made President Lincoln one of the most respected and well known presidents in the history of the United States. Goodwin makes the case for Lincoln's political prowess by inspecting the connections he had with

¿Did you know that there are more books written about Abraham Lincoln than any other American? Is because Abraham Lincoln is the most famous president of the United States of America. Also from being the president who ends the slavery, Lincoln was also the most loved president in the nineteenth century. In a lively and dramatic narrative, Thomas J. Craughwell writes Stealing Lincoln’s Body, another exemplary book, which describes the historical event of Lincoln’s body, Lincoln was know for being the President who ended slavery, the type of person who was loved for his actions during civil war. But even in his death body the dearest president was in danger from being stolen from his monumental place. The guards of Honor, who protect Lincoln’s

Between this week’s article by Carl Sandburg, “Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years” and the movie Young Mr. Lincoln, we got a chance to delve into Abraham Lincoln’s younger years as a boy growing up in Kentucky and a young lawyer starting his career in Illinois, respectively. As I read through the Sandburg article I noticed that the author focused a lot on young Lincoln’s humble roots, and I think this had a lot to do about the time in which it was written, 1926. At this point in time, America was nearing the end of the “Roaring Twenties” and by simplifying Lincoln I felt like Sandburg was trying to reiterate to people that life is not all about spending money, but instead it was more about the little, simple things that can have the greatest effect. Some examples that the author gives to describe young Lincoln’s simple way of life are “built of logs, with a dirt floor” and walking “four miles a day” just to go to school (Sandburg, p.447). Similar to the reading, the film we watched this week, Young Mr. Lincoln, corresponded with the theme of Lincoln’s humble nature. During the time in which the film was produced, the American people were attempting to recover from one of most tragic times in the history of the United States, the Great Depression. By illustrating in the film that Lincoln’s path to success was not always smooth, but yet he started from nothing and was still able to still get to the oval office, the film writer attempts to

This paper will define President Abraham Lincoln’s life, the man behind the gun with a plan, and

Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president in November 1860, and would be inaugurated on March 4, 1861. Tensions had been growing between southern slave states and northern free states. Lincoln hailed from the Northern free state of Illinois, and made his anti-slavery views as he campaigned. Lincoln did not receive any votes from the southern states; his name was not even on their ballots. All of the slave states were outraged when Lincoln was elected, and feared he would abolish slavery. As a result, South Carolina seceded from the union on December 20, 1860. This led many other southern states to consider seceding. 100 Mississippi delegates gathered in Jackson, Mississippi for a convention to discuss secession. An ordinance for secession was read aloud at the convention on January 9, 1861. Most of the delegates were in favor of secession; however, there were a small group of men who did not want Mississippi to secede. Three of these men each proposed one *amendment* to the ordinance in order to delay or halt the secession of Mississippi from the union.

Abraham sat very close to the still, clear spring. He rested himself on top of an old tree stump as he read a book about the previous presidents of the United States and their history. His parents always hounded him about his low his test scores were in his history class, so they bought him books to read and use for studying. This was his first time ever attempting to study, so he wanted a quiet place to read this book of his. He took a moment to get relaxed and began reading.

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. he is a very important person in America’s history. This paper will be about Abraham Lincoln childhood, his presidency, and his death.

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809, fought hard for what he believed that what seemed right. Lincoln, growing up with very little education was a provider for his family since Lincoln’s family were not wealthy . In 1830, his family moved to Macon County in southern Illinois and Lincoln got a job working on a river flatboat hauling freight as well as being a shopkeeper and a postmaster after settling in the town of New Salem, Illinois. Lincoln then, became involved in local politics as a supporter of the Whig Party, a whig is a member or supporter of a British political group Then, for the next few years, Lincoln worked

Shelby Foote, a southern novelist turned historian, uses the prologue in The Civil War, a three book, three thousand page epic on America’s most seminal moment, to introduce the war’s leading figures, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Foote uses the words of poet John Keats, “A fact is not a truth until you love it.” to describe his view on history. Using this axiom, Foote attempts to change the reader’s mind on their understanding of Lincoln and Davis. Not only does he want to prove to us that using primary sources in his analysis of Lincoln and Davis will give us a better understanding of the two, but he wants us to appreciate his techniques as well. He juxtaposes the two presidents, providing an authentic glimpse into their character