Lincoln as Hero

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Copyright © 2012 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 4 3 2 1 Frontispiece: Vignette portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken by T. P. Pearson in 1858. As a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Lincoln saw his political star ascend owing to the national renown earned from his debates with Stephen A. Douglas and from his support of free labor. Courtesy of the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana. The Concise Lincoln Library has been made possible in part through a generous donation by the Leland E. and LaRita R. Boren Trust. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williams, Frank J. Lincoln as hero / Frank J. Williams. p. cm. — (Concise Lincoln library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8093-3217-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8093-3217-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-80933218 -2 (ebook) — ISBN 0-8093-3218-3 (ebook) 1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865. 2. Presidents—United States—Biography. I. Title. E457.W729 2012 973.7092—dc23 [B] 2012008390 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Petrmanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. To my law clerks, who have endured and evolved and who are all emerging heroes ...