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CONTENTS --LISTS OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS IX FOREWORD by Michael Burlingame XI PREFACE XIX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXI "The Short and Simple Annals 0/the Poor" 3 II Young Man on His Own 23 III Frontier Legislator: His Love Aifoirs 44 IV Courtship and Marriage 81 V Lawyer-Politician 92 VI The Gentlemanfrom Illinois III VII Echoes o/National Conflict 130 VIII Lincoln Re-enters Politics 144 IX A Political Plunge 161 X Dqeatedfor the Senate 171 XI The Making 0/a President 194 XII Peace or a Sword 226 XIII A Warfor Democracy 257 XIV Shadows on the White House 284 XV McClellan In Command 305 XVI "The Occasion is Piled High wlth DijJiculty" 335 Vlll Contents XVII The Signs Look Better 376 XVIII "There Are No Lincoln Men" 409 XIX Prrifile 0/a President 456 XX To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds 487 I:-.lDEX 523 ...

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