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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

by Nathaniel W. Stephenson

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Author
Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935
Title
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War
Credits
Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
Subject
Presidents -- United States -- Biography
Category
Text
eBook-No.
1713
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1713
Release Date
February 22, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LINCOLN — Abraham Lincoln, An Account of His Personal Life, Especially of Its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War
  2. 2.By Nathaniel Wright Stephenson — ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  3. 3.I. THE CHILD OF THE FOREST
  4. 4.II THE MYSTERIOUS YOUTH
  5. 5.III. A VILLAGE LEADER
  6. 6.IV. REVELATIONS
  7. 7.V. PROSPERITY
  8. 8.VI. UNSATISFYING RECOGNITION
  9. 9.VII. THE SECOND START
  10. 10.VIII. A RETURN TO POLITICS
  11. 11.IX. THE LITERARY STATESMAN
  12. 12.X. THE DARK HORSE
  13. 13.XI. SECESSION
  14. 14.XII. THE CRISIS
  15. 15.XIII. ECLIPSE
  16. 16.XIV. THE STRANGE NEW MAN
  17. 17.XV. PRESIDENT AND PREMIER
  18. 18.XVI "ON TO RICHMOND!"
  19. 19.XVII. DEFINING THE ISSUE
  20. 20.XVIII. THE JACOBIN CLUB
  21. 21.XIX. THE JACOBINS BECOME INQUISITORS
  22. 22.XX. IS CONGRESS THE PRESIDENT'S MASTER?
  23. 23.XXI. THE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL THE ARMY
  24. 24.XXII. LINCOLN EMERGES
  25. 25.XXIII. THE MYSTICAL STATESMAN
  26. 26.XXIV. GAMBLING IN GENERALS
  27. 27.XXV. A WAR BEHIND THE SCENES
  28. 28.XXVI. THE DICTATOR, THE MARPLOT AND THE LITTLE MEN
  29. 29.XXVII. THE TRIBUNE OF THE PEOPLE
  30. 30.XXVIII. APPARENT ASCENDENCY
  31. 31.XXIX. CATASTROPHE
  32. 32.XXX. THE PRESIDENT VERSUS THE VINDICTIVES
  33. 33.XXXI A MENACING PAUSE
  34. 34.XXXII. THE AUGUST CONSPIRACY
  35. 35.XXXIII. THE RALLY TO THE PRESIDENT
  36. 36.XXXIV. "FATHER ABRAHAM"
  37. 37.XXXV. THE MASTER OF THE MOMENT — In Lincoln's life there are two great achievements.
  38. 38.XXXVI. PREPARING A DIFFERENT WAR
  39. 39.XXXVII. FATE INTERPOSES
  40. 40.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  41. 41.NOTES — I. THE CHILD OF THE FOREST.

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