About This Book
A chronological biography traces the subject's rise from modest frontier origins through self-education and legal practice into politics, culminating in election to national office and leadership during a civil war. It examines political strategy and relationships with military and civilian leaders, the evolution of views and policies on slavery and emancipation, the stresses and decisions of wartime leadership, re-election and the war's conclusion, the assassination, and contemporary and later assessments of character, rhetoric, and legacy.
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