Abraham Lincoln : The Man Behind the Myths by Oates, Stephen B - 1994

New York: HarperPerennial, 1994. -----Large soft cover, (xiv) 224 pages, tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, no names, minor edge wear, errant ink mark on bottom edge, price sticker on back cover lower right edge. "Like all of Stephen Oates's books, this one is marked by solid scholarship and felicitous style. Most striking is the portrait of the human Lincoln, separated from so much the myth, and so very human. I found myself identifying frailties of my own in Oates's touching picture of the man. Perhaps that is part of the reasons that he holds such an enduring grip on our affections - there is a piece of Lincoln in all of us. This book can help us find it." (William C Davis) Contents include: Prelude / Part One: Myth / Man of the People / Arch Villain / White Chief & Honky / Part Two: Many-Mooded Man / Resurrecting Life / A Matter of Profound Wonder / All Conquering Mind / Mr. Lincoln / Part Three: Advocate of the Dream / The Beacon Light of Liberty / This Vast Moral Evil / My Dissatisfied Fellow Countrymen / Part Four: Warrior for the Dream / The Central Idea / Death Warrant for Slavery / The Man of Our Redemption / Necessity Knows No Law / The Warrior / Toward a New Birth of Freedom / Part Five: Final Act / The Theater / Aftermath / Stanton / Without Him / References / index. "Inside was pandemonium. we can almost hear Miss Harris screaming, "The President is shot!" and Mary Lincoln shrieking from the box in terror, "Help! Help! Help!" People were yelling, shoving one another into the aisles, and rushing for the exits. In all the commotion, two doctors fought their way to the state box and one resuscitated Lincoln with mouth-to-mouth respiration. But he never regained consciousness, for Booth's bullet had destroyed his brain and lodged behind his right eye." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. 1st HarperPerennial 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".