With Malice Toward None Summary

I chose the biographical nonfiction book With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen B. Oates. As one may guess, the book is about our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. I am generally interested in Abraham Lincoln anyways, and I have heard good things about this book, so I decided to read it for the extension project, which made me part of Oates’ intended audience.
The author’s audience is those who have a general interest in Abraham Lincoln and/or want to learn more about him. I say this not only because it is a book about Lincoln, but because this book goes very in depth to Lincoln’s life--to a level that may confuse and/or bore someone who is not invested in the subject. An example for this observation may be when Oates goes in depth into Lincoln’s political studies and Oates even names some of the books that Lincoln studied (Oates pg 28). Oates’ objectives were to educate the reader on the life of the United States’ 16th President, convey Lincoln’s best qualities as a person and president, and to provide an
I noticed that their writing style is similar when it comes to the flow of the writing. Both were very smooth and had great transitioning. Hopefully, I will be able to relate the content of With Malice Toward None to the next semester’s content.
In conclusion, With Malice Toward None was a long but easy read. It is filled to the brim with facts, although it isn’t as boring as one may expect. Because of the large amount of information contained, this book would most likely be better as a summer reading than something to read during the school year. Finally, I would recommend this book to those with enough free time to read a book this size and who have an affinity for presidential history, particularly Abraham