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""There is no better introduction to current thinking about Lincoln and his place in history."" --Newsday ""Oates re-creates the life and world of Abraham Lincoln with the skill of a master painter. He succeeds in portraying both the facts and myths of history as essential to our understanding it."" --Christian Science Monitor An essential book for any student of Lincoln and American history, Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths is acclaimed Lincoln biographer Stephen B. Oates's unique exploration of America's sixteenth president in reality and memory. In this multifaceted portrait, Oates, ""the most popular historical interpreter of Lincoln"" (Gabor S. Boritt, New York Times Book Review), exposes the human side of the great and tragic president--including his depression, his difficulties with love, and his troubled and troubling attitudes about slavery--while also confronting the many legends that have arisen around ""Honest Abe."" Oates throughout raises timely questions about what the Lincoln mythos reveals about the American people.

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""There is no better introduction to current thinking about Lincoln and his place in history."" -- Newsday ""Oates re-creates the life and world of Abraham Lincoln with the skill of a master painter. He succeeds in portraying both the facts and myths of history as essential to our understanding it."" -- Christian Science Monitor ""There is a piece of Lincoln in us all. This book can help us find it."" -- William C. Davis ""Oates is right: the time has come to demythologize Lincoln--to chip from his hallowed memory the crusts of rumor, fable, and nonsense."" -- Washington Post ""A powerful book."" -- Richmond Times-Dispatch

There is no better introduction to current thinking about Lincoln and his place in history. --Newsday There is a piece of Lincoln in us all. This book can help us find it. --William C. Davis Oates re-creates the life and world of Abraham Lincoln with the skill of a master painter. He succeeds in portraying both the facts and myths of history as essential to our understanding it. --Christian Science Monitor Oates is right: the time has come to demythologize Lincoln--to chip from his hallowed memory the crusts of rumor, fable, and nonsense.--Washington Post A powerful book.--Richmond Times-Dispatch

Stephen B. Oates recreates the life and world of Lincoln with the skill of a master painter. --Christian Science Monitor

There is no better introduction to current thinking about Lincoln and his place in history. -- Newsday Oates re-creates the life and world of Abraham Lincoln with the skill of a master painter. He succeeds in portraying both the facts and myths of history as essential to our understanding it. -- Christian Science Monitor There is a piece of Lincoln in us all. This book can help us find it. -- William C. Davis Oates is right: the time has come to demythologize Lincoln--to chip from his hallowed memory the crusts of rumor, fable, and nonsense. -- Washington Post A powerful book. -- Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Stephen B. Oates (1936-2021) was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His books include Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln. Oates has been awarded numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and Nevins-Freeman Award of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago for lifetime achievement in the field of Civil War studies.

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