Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869), one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's secretary of war during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction. In the first full biography of Stanton in more than fifty years, William Marvel offers a detailed reexamination of Stanton's life, career, and legacy. Marvel argues that while Stanton was a formidable advocate and politician, his character was hardly benign. Climbing from a difficult youth to the pinnacle of power, Stanton used his authority--and the public coffers--to pursue political vendettas, and he exercised sweeping wartime powers with a cavalier disregard for civil liberties. Though Lincoln's ability to harness a cabinet with sharp divisions and strong personalities is widely celebrated, Marvel suggests that Stanton's tenure raises important questions about Lincoln's actual control over the executive branch. This insightful biography also reveals why men like Ulysses S. Grant considered Stanton a coward and a bully, who was unashamed to use political power for partisan enforcement and personal preservation.

"Of the crucial men close to President Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (1814-1869) was the most powerful and controversial. Stanton raised, armed, and supervised the army of a million men who won the Civil War. He organized the war effort. He directed military movements from his telegraph office, where Lincoln literally hung out with him ... Now with this worthy complement to the enduring library of biographical accounts of those who helped Lincoln preserve the Union, Stanton honors the indispensable partner of the sixteenth president"--

The 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln served from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the nation through its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis. Lincoln preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government and helped to modernise the American economy. His surviving speeches, letters, essays and addresses continue to stir admiration and reverence due to an ineffable charm of expression, revealing his unique eloquence as a spokesman for democracy. This comprehensive eBook presents Lincoln’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lincoln’s life and works * All of the speeches, essays and addresses, with individual contents tables * Features ‘The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln’ based on the seminal Constitutional Edition, edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the Speeches, Letters and Addresses * Easily locate the works you want to read * Includes a section of ‘Posthumous Publications’, with important books preserving Lincoln’s memorable and witty sayings * Special section of ‘Tributes and Appraisals’, with 14 essays evaluating Lincoln’s great achievements * Features no less than 11 biographies – discover Lincoln’s incredible life * Includes the first ever biography of the president, penned by John Locke Scripps in 1860, appearing here for the time in digital publishing * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln Volume 1: 1832-1843 Volume 2: 1843-1858 Volume 3: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Part I Volume 4: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Part II Volume 5: 1858-1862 Volume 6: 1862-1863 Volume 7: 1863-1865 Index of Speeches, Letters and Addresses List of Texts in Chronological Order List of Texts in Alphabetical Order Posthumous Publications Lincolniana (1864) by Andrew Adderup A Legacy of Fun (1865) Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories (1901) by Alexander K. McClure The Lincoln Year Book (1907) Discoveries and Inventions (1915) The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor (1922) The Tributes and Appraisals Abraham Lincoln (1865) by James Russell Lowell Abraham Lincoln (1868) by Harriet Beecher Stowe Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (1876) by Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln (1879) by Rossiter Johnson O Captain, My Captain (1882) by Walt Whitman Abraham Lincoln: An Essay (1891) by Carl Schurz Abraham Lincoln: Was He a Christian? (1893) by John E. Remsburg Abraham Lincoln (1900) by Robert G. Ingersoll The Perfect Tribute (1908) by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Lincoln’s Use of the Bible (1909) by S. Trevena Jackson Tolstoy on Lincoln (1909) by Leo Tolstoy Abraham Lincoln’s Cardinal Traits (1914) by C. S. Beardslee Abraham Lincoln (1914) by Eleanor Atkinson Abraham Lincoln (1922) by H. L. Mencken The Biographies The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1860) by John Locke Scripps The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth (1865) by George Alfred Townsend The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1866) by Josiah Gilbert Holland The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1872) by Ward H. Lamon and Chauncey Black Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States (1879) by Charles Godfrey Leland The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln (1886) by Francis F. Browne Abraham Lincoln (1889) by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (1895) by Ward Hill Lamon The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1901) by Henry Ketcham Abraham Lincoln (1909) by George Haven Putnam Abraham Lincoln (1911) by John George Nicolay and Charles Crawford Whinery Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

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News consumers made cynical by sensationalist banners--"AMERICA STRIKES BACK," "THE TERROR OF ANTHRAX"--and lurid leads might be surprised to learn that in 1690, the newspaper Publick Occurrences gossiped about the sexual indiscretions of French royalty or seasoned the story of missing children by adding that "barbarous Indians were lurking about" before the disappearance. Surprising, too, might be the media's steady adherence to, if continual tugging at, its philosophical and ethical moorings. These 39 essays, written and edited by the nation's leading professors of journalism, cover the theory and practice of print, radio, and TV news reporting. Politics and partisanship, press and the government, gender and the press corps, presidential coverage, war reportage, technology and news gathering, sensationalism: each subject is treated individually. Appropriate for interested lay persons, students, professors and reporters. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.