Includes index

Bust of Abraham Lincoln by Max Bachmann on frontispiece

A reissue of the author's Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery, 1888

Lincoln ancestry -- The boyhood of Lincoln -- Young manhood -- The Lincoln in Illinois -- A plunge into politics -- The young politician -- Winning his way -- The rising politician -- Lincoln the lawyer -- A great awakening -- The Kansas struggle -- The coming man -- Lincoln and Douglas -- After a great struggle -- Elected to the presidency -- After the election -- From Springfield to Washington -- Lincoln's inauguration -- President Abraham Lincoln -- Beginning of the great struggle -- The slavery question arises -- A difficult military situation -- The turning of the tide -- Political complications -- The family in the White House -- End of a strange eventful history

Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography

Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography

Lincoln copy: Bound in cloth, stamped in gold; frontispiece

Lincoln copy: Stamped on flyleaf: Ralph S. Wetstein

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