Contents 1
PART Ⅰ 1
1 HIS EARLY YEARS 1
2 EARNING A LIVING 16
3 LOVE AFFAIRS 24
4 LEGISLATOR 27
5 MARY TODD 30
6 LAWYER AND POLITICIAN 34
7 CONGRESSMAN 38
8 FAMILY MATTERS 41
9 RETURNING TO POLITICS 44
10 JOINING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 49
11 THE DOUGLAS DEBATES 51
12 GROWING INTO A CANDIDATE 58
13 THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 61
14 THE ELECTION 63
15 PRESIDENT-ELECT 65
16 WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE 70
PART Ⅱ 72
1 FIRST INAUGURAL 72
2 FORT SUMTER 77
3 CIVIL WAR 83
4 DARK MONTHS 92
5 COMMANDER IN CHIEF 95
6 IN SEARCH OF A GENERAL 98
7 EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 103
8 THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 110
9 SACRIFICE CONTINUES 114
10 REELECTED 118
11 HIS DAY 122
12 HIS CHARACTER 125
13 HIS MARRIAGE 131
14 THE FINAL BATTLES 135
15 HIS LAST DAY 141