The living Lincoln : the man, his mind, his times, and the war he fought, reconstructed from his own writings
"[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
Print Book, English, 1992, ©1955
Barnes & Noble, New York, N.Y, 1992, ©1955
collective biographies
viii, 673 pages ; 24 cm
9781566190435, 1566190436
27839534
New Salem
Early years in Springfield
Prairie politics
Congressman Lincoln
Reflective years
National emergence
House divided
"These poor tongues"
Making of a candidate
Republican nominee
Period of waiting
Irrepressible conflict
from Belmont to second Manassas
From Antietam to Vicksburg
"The signs look better"
"With malice toward none."
Includes index
1 93-7380
2 93-7381