The Lincoln Nobody Knows"A Lincoln authority probes the mysteries in Lincoln's life and personality by restating the most dramatic and bitterly fought controversies scholars have had about his life and by weighing the evidence, notably about his married life, his religious views, his role in provoking (or not provoking) the Civil War, his ability as a military strategist." Pub W. |
Contents
ONE THE MOST SHUTMOUTHED MAN | 3 |
TWO THE SON LOVER HUSBAND | 22 |
THREE THE INSTRUMENT OF GOD | 51 |
FOUR THE MAN WHO SAID NO | 76 |
SEVEN THE TENDERHEARTED | 164 |
EIGHT THE MASTER POLITICIAN | 187 |
NINE THE FRIEND OF FREEDOM | 214 |
ELEVEN THE MARTYR AND THE MYTH | 266 |
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