Henry Clay Whitney (1831-1905) was a lawyer and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. His other books include Lincoln the President, March 4, 1861 to May 3, 1865. Michael Burlingame is a professor of history and the Lynn Distinguished Chairperson at the University of Illinois Springfield. He has written and edited twenty-one Lincoln books, among them The Black Mans President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality and An American Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd.
Description
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Editorial Method
Chapter I. Lineage, Parentage, and Childhood
Chapter II. Youth
Chapter III. Lincoln as a Laborer
Chapter IV. The Romance of New Salem
Chapter V. Lincoln as a Storekeeper
Chapter VI. Soldier, Surveyor, and Postmaster
Chapter VII. Lincolns Early Love Romance
Chapter VIII. State Legislator
Chapter IX. Congressman
Chapter X. Citizen and Neighbor
Chapter XI. Lawyer
Chapter XII. Lincolns Religion
Chapter XIII. Lincolns Mental and Moral Natures
Chapter XIV. Free-Soil Advocate
Chapter XV. Attainment of the Presidency
Chapter XVI. Inauguration as President
Index