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Intro -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LIFE, VOLUME ONE -- Contents -- Author's Note -- 1 "I Have Seen a Good Deal of the Back Side of This World": Childhood in Kentucky (1809-1816) -- 2 "I Used to Be a Slave": Boyhood and Adolescence in Indiana (1816-1830) -- 3 "Separated from His Father, He Studied English Grammar": New Salem (1831-1834) -- 4 "A Napoleon of Astuteness and Political Finesse": Frontier Legislator (1834-1837) -- 5 "We Must Fight the Devil with Fire": Slasher-Gaff Politico in Springfield (1837-1841) -- 6 "It Would Just Kill Me to Marry Mary Todd": Courtship and Marriage (1840-1842) -- 7 "I Have Got the Preacher by the Balls": Pursuing a Seat in Congress (1843-1847) -- 8 "A Strong but Judicious Enemy to Slavery": Congressman Lincoln (1847-1849) -- 9 "I Was Losing Interest in Politics and Went to the Practice of the Law with Greater Earnestness Than Ever Before": Midlife Crisis (1849-1854) -- 10 "Aroused as He Had Never Been Before": Reentering Politics (1854-1855) -- 11 "Unite with Us, and Help Us to Triumph": Building the Illinois Republican Party (1855-1857) -- 12 "A House Divided": Lincoln vs. Douglas (1857-1858) -- 13 "A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath": The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858) -- 14 "That Presidential Grub Gnaws Deep": Pursuing the Republican Nomination (1859-1860) -- 15 "The Most Available Presidential Candidate for Unadulterated Republicans": The Chicago Convention (May 1860) -- 16 "I Have Been Elected Mainly on the Cry 'Honest Old Abe' ": The Presidential Campaign (May-November 1860) -- 17 "I Will Suffer Death Before I Will Consent to Any Concession or Compromise": President-elect in Springfield (1860-1861) -- 18 "What If I Appoint Cameron, Whose Very Name Stinks in the Nostrils of the People for His Corruption?": Cabinet-Making in Springfield (1860-1861) -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H.
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""ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LIFE, VOLUME ONE""; ""Contents""; ""Author's Note""; ""1 ""I Have Seen a Good Deal of the Back Side of This World"": Childhood in Kentucky (1809�1816)""; ""2 ""I Used to Be a Slave"": Boyhood and Adolescence in Indiana (1816�1830)""; ""3 ""Separated from His Father, He Studied English Grammar"": New Salem (1831�1834)""; ""4 ""A Napoleon of Astuteness and Political Finesse"": Frontier Legislator (1834�1837)""; ""5 ""We Must Fight the Devil with Fire"": Slasher-Gaff Politico in Springfield (1837�1841)""
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""6 ""It Would Just Kill Me to Marry Mary Todd"": Courtship and Marriage (1840�1842)""""7 ""I Have Got the Preacher by the Balls"": Pursuing a Seat in Congress (1843�1847)""; ""8 ""A Strong but Judicious Enemy to Slavery"": Congressman Lincoln (1847�1849)""; ""9 ""I Was Losing Interest in Politics and Went to the Practice of the Law with Greater Earnestness Than Ever Before"": Midlife Crisis (1849�1854)""; ""10 ""Aroused as He Had Never Been Before"": Reentering Politics (1854�1855)""
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""11 ""Unite with Us, and Help Us to Triumph"": Building the Illinois Republican Party (1855�1857)""""12 ""A House Divided"": Lincoln vs. Douglas (1857�1858)""; ""13 ""A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath"": The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)""; ""14 ""That Presidential Grub Gnaws Deep"": Pursuing the Republican Nomination (1859�1860)""; ""15 ""The Most Available Presidential Candidate for Unadulterated Republicans"": The Chicago Convention (May 1860)""; ""16 ""I Have Been Elected Mainly on the Cry 'Honest Old Abe' "": The Presidential Campaign (May�November 1860)""
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""17 ""I Will Suffer Death Before I Will Consent to Any Concession or Compromise"": President-elect in Springfield (1860�1861)""""18 ""What If I Appoint Cameron, Whose Very Name Stinks in the Nostrils of the People for His Corruption?"": Cabinet-Making in Springfield (1860�1861)""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Illustrations""; ""ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LIFE, VOLUME TWO""; ""Contents""
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""19 ""The Man Does Not Live Who Is More Devoted to Peace Than I Am, But It May Be Necessary to Put the Foot Down Firmly"": From Springfield to Washington (February 11�22, 1861)""""20 ""I Am Now Going to Be Master"": Inauguration (February 23�March 4, 1861)""; ""21 ""A Man So Busy Letting Rooms in One End of His House, That He Can't Stop to Put Out the Fire That Is Burning in the Other"": Distributing Patronage (March�April 1861)""; ""22 ""You Can Have No Conflict Without Being Yourselves the Aggressors"": The Fort Sumter Crisis (March�April 1861)""
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""23 ""I Intend to Give Blows"": The Hundred Days (April�July 1861)""
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801889936
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Print version Abraham Lincoln : A Life
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