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| | * "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Mc-aRv_xCpMC&pg=PA11&dq=Nearly+all+men+can+stand+adversity,+but+if+you+want+to+test+a+man%27s+character,+give+him+power&ei=jJFBSo7nHZbozATAipVi Law school 101: survival techniques from pre-law to being an attorney - Page 11] by R. Stephanie Good</ref> | | * "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Mc-aRv_xCpMC&pg=PA11&dq=Nearly+all+men+can+stand+adversity,+but+if+you+want+to+test+a+man%27s+character,+give+him+power&ei=jJFBSo7nHZbozATAipVi Law school 101: survival techniques from pre-law to being an attorney - Page 11] by R. Stephanie Good</ref> |
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| | + | ==Further reading== |
| | + | * Burlingame, Michael. "Abraham Lincoln: A Life" (2008), 2v 2024 pp, highly detailed scholarly biography |
| | + | *Carwardine, Richard. ''Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power'', (2003), very good scholarly biography, stressing politics and religion |
| | + | *Donald, David Herbert. ''Lincoln'', (1995), the best scholarly biography |
| | + | *Goodwin, Doris Kearns. ''Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln'', (2005) Lincoln and his cabinet |
| | + | *Hanchett, William. ''The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies'', University of Illinois (1983) |
| | + | *Sandburg, Carl. ''Abraham Lincoln'', (6 vol 1954) very well written popular history |
| | + | *White, Ronald C. Jr. ''The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words'', (2005) |
| | + | * Wilentz, Sean. "Who Lincoln Was" ''New Republic'' (July 15, 2009) leading scholar rips apart liberal distortions [http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=2634954a-b287-480e-9fbd-8a4663174031 online edition] |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| − | *McCollister, John C. ''God and the Oval Office'', W Publishing Group, Nashville, Tennessee(2005)
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| − | *Sandburg, Carl. ''Abraham Lincoln'', Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York (1954)
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| − | *Walsh, John E. ''Moonlight'', St. Martin's Press, New York (2000)
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| − | * Burlingame, Michael. "Abraham Lincoln: A Life" (2008), 2v 2024 pp, scholarly biography
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| − | *Goodwin, Doris Kearns. ''Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln'', Simon and Schuster, New York (2005)
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| − | *Hanchett, William. ''The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies'', University of Illinois (1983)
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| − | *Donald, David Herbert. ''Lincoln'', Jonathan Cafe (Random House), London (1995)
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| − | *Wills, Gary. ''Lincoln at Gettysburg: the Words that Remade America'', Simon and Schuster, New York (1992)
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| − | *White, Ronald C. Jr. ''The Eloquent President: A [[portraits|Portrait]] of Lincoln Through His Words'', Random House, New York (2005)
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| − | *Carwardine, Richard. ''Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York (2003)
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| − | *Time-Life Books ''The Civil War'', vol. 1 (''Brother Against Brother''), Time Inc, New York (1983)
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| | ==Links== | | ==Links== |