The Living Lincoln: The Man and His Times, in His Own Words"[The authors] have selected the best of Lincoln's writings on himself and the tremendous issues of his day. By their skillful editing, letters, speeches, and documents are fused into an intimate self-portrait. Here is, in effect, Abraham Lincoln's autobiography, from his early years in Springfield, through the upheavals of his Presidency, tho the day before he died"--Front jacket flap |
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Contents
New Salem | 3 |
Early Years in Springfield | 17 |
Prairie Politics | 71 |
Congressman Lincoln | 96 |
The Reflective Years | 134 |
National Emergence | 157 |
A House Divided | 211 |
These Poor Tongues | 243 |
The Republican Nominee | 331 |
A Period of Waiting | 361 |
The Irrepressible Conflict | 390 |
From Belmont to Second Manassas | 442 |
From Antietam to Vicksburg | 500 |
The Signs Look Better | 563 |
With Malice Toward None | 625 |
The Making of a Candidate | 288 |
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