Machine derived contents note: Contents
LISTS OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS ix
FOREWORD by Michael Burlingame xi
Preface 00
Acknowledgments 00
I ¿The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor¿ 3
II Young Man on His Own 23
III Frontier Legislator: His Love Affairs 44
IV Courtship and Marriage 81
V Lawyer¿Politician 92
VI The Gentleman from Illinois 111
VII Echoes of National Conflict 130
VIII Lincoln Re-enters Politics 144
IX A Political Plunge 161
X Defeated for the Senate 171
XI The Making of a President 194
XII Peace or a Sword 226
XIII A War for Democracy 257
XIV Shadows on the White House 284
XV McClellan in Command 305
XVI ¿The Occasion is Piled High with Difficulty¿ 335
XVII The Signs Look Better 376
XVIII ¿There Are No Lincoln Men¿ 409
XIX Profile of a President 456
XX To Bind Up the Nation¿s Wounds 487
Index 523

ong considered a classic, Benjamin P. Thomas's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography takes an incisive look at one of American history's greatest figures. Originally published in 1952 to wide acclaim, this eloquent account rises above previously romanticized depictions of the sixteenth president to reveal the real Lincoln: a complex, shrewd, and dynamic individual whose exceptional life has long intrigued the public. Thomas traces the president from his hardscrabble beginnings and early political career, through his years as an Illinois lawyer and his presidency during the Civil War. Although Lincol

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