Rather than a straight chronicle, this portrait takes Lincoln one aspect at a time: his family and kin, his years as a leading lawyer of the Springfield bar, his speeches, his prairie politics, his dealings with his cabinet and his generals. A Lincoln calendar and documents such as the cabinet memoranda on Fort Sumter fill out the picture.
A readable turn-of-the-century study by a veteran Washington correspondent, rich in anecdote and quotation. Download the free EPUB.