Lincoln No One Knows: Unsolved Mysteries of the Man Who Ran the Civil War Book

	Preface
Pt. 1	Half a Century Punctuated with Baffling Questions
1	What Blood Ran Through the Veins of: The Man Who Remembered Knob Creek?	5
2	Did a Boyhood Injury Lead to: Minor, But Lasting, Damage to the Brain?	14
3	What Led Lincoln to Form: Unusual Kinds of Relationships?	19
4	What Induced Lincoln to Enter into: "A Marriage of Opposites"?	26
5	What Induced a Foe of Slavery to Serve as: A Counsel for a Slaveholder?	33
6	When Did He Begin to Dream of Becoming: The First Pilot of the Ship of State From the Western Frontier?	38
7	Why Is He Still Seen As: A Hayseed Lawyer Who Barely Made A Living?	43
8	Where Did He Get the Skills That Made Him: An All-Time Master of Public Speaking?	50
9	How Did He Manage to Occupy Center Stage in: A Series of History-Making Debates?	56
10	Who Thought of Making a High-income Attorney: The Rail-Splitting Candidate for the Presidency?	63
11	At the Wigwam, How Did a Minor Contender Achieve: A Sweeping Victory on the Third Ballot?	69
Pt. 2	Six Fateful Months
12	Why Did He Ask His Advisers,: "Is it Wise to Attempt to Relieve Fort Sumter"?	79
13	What Led Him to Call for: 75,000 Men for Ninety Days?	83
14	Why Was John Brown's Captor Picked to Become: Field Commander of the U.S. Army?	90
15	What Induced a Lanlubber to Announce That: The Entire Coastline of the Seven States is Under Blockade?	95
16	What Persuaded a Veteran Attorney to Order: Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus?	101
17	How Did a Novice Get: The Upper Hand Over Congress?	107
18	Why Was Bull Run Made: The Point of No Return?	114
Pt. 3	Questions the Commander in Chief Did Not Address
19	Why Was an Overworked Commander in Chief also: General in Chief and Chief of Staff?	123
20	How Did He Develop Enthusiasm for Testing: Weapons of Every Kind and Size?	130
21	What Led Him to Countermand: Early Efforts to Free Some Slaves?	136
22	Why Was Preservation of the Union: The Dominant Goal of the Commander in Chief?	142
23	What Accounts for His Dealings with: The First National Draft for Military Service?	149
24	How Did a Tenderhearted Man Direct: Wholesale Slaughter for Month After Month?	157
25	What Led the Tycoon to Risk a New Response to: Emancipation - The Burning Issue of the Day?	163
26	A Racist by Today's Standards, How Did He Become: The Great Emancipator: A Crusader for Racial Equality?	172
Pt. 4	Unanswered Questions Lurk in the Shadow of the Executive Mansion
27	Did He Ever Lose Faith in: A Borrowed Plan to Solve the Slavery Question?	185
28	How Did He Reconcile "No Secession" with: Carving a New State From Virginia?	193
29	Why Did the World Leader of Democracy Approve of: Punishments Favored by Kings and Dictators?	198
30	By What Exercise in Logic Did He Decide That: 10 Percent of the Electorate Could Constitute a Governing Majority?	204
31	How Did He Succeed in Winning: The Election of 1864?	210
32	How Did He Plan to Secure: Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment?	217
Pt. 5	Nancy Hanks's Son Was a Cluster of Unsolved Riddles
33	Why Is He Remembered as: The Merriest of all Chief Executives?	225
34	What Accounts for Lincoln's Rapid and Radical Changes?: Opportunism? Capacity for Compromise? Or Dramatic Personal Growth?	231
35	Why Was the Declaration of Independence Seen As: The Cornerstone of the Indissoluble Union?	239
36	What Accounts for His Interest in: Signs, Omens, Portents, and Dreams?	246
37	Why Was He Casual When Constantly Confronted by: Assassination Threats and Other Dangers?	254
38	What Part of His Prodigious Output Is: Lost Beyond Hope of Recovery?	263
	Conclusion	268
	Appendixes	273
	Bibliography	288
	Index	301