Words of Abraham Lincoln Book

Contents

Introduction....................vii
I. "Nobody Has Ever Expected Me to Be President"....................1
II. "I Hope This Letter Will Not Be Disagreeable to You": Courtship, Marriage, and Family....................15
III. "A Continual Torment": The Slavery Controversy....................25
IV. "Essentially a People's Contest": The War Begins....................43
V. "Maxims of War": Lincoln to His Generals....................61
VI. "I Am Not a Very Sentimental Man": The Human Comedy and The Game of Politics....................79
VII. "The Fiery Trial Through Which We Pass"....................91
Chronology....................109