The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction by Jean Baker; Editor's Note; Preface; 1. "What Stuff!"; 2. Beginnings Early Puberty, Reuben Chronicles; 3. The New Salem Years: Starting Afresh New Faces, New Beginnings; 4. Ann Rutledge Then and Now; 5. Lincoln, Mary Owens, and the Wilds of Lincoln Wit; 6. The Curious Case of Elmer Ellsworth; 7. "Yours Forever"; 8. Marriage and Mary Todd; 9. Lincoln, Sex, and Religion; 10. Morals, Ethics, and Leonard Swett's Lincoln; 11. On Lincoln's Sexuality, with Extensions; Afterword: Reactions and Comments. I.A Respectful Dissent by Michael BurlingameII. An Enthusiastic Endorsement by Michael B. Chesson; III. A Psychologist's Perspective by Alice Fennessey; Appendix I: First Chronicles of Reuben; Appendix II: The Speed Letters; Appendix III: Letter from Leonard Swett to William H. Herndon; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author