Includes index 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 -- Lincoln and Douglas -- After a great struggle -- Elected to the presidency -- From Springfield to Washington -- Lincoln's inauguration -- President Abraham Lincoln -- The slavery question arises -- A difficult military situation -- Political complications -- End of a strange eventful history Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Bound in cloth; frontispiece Copy 1: [1] p. of the publisher's advertisements on third prelim. p. verso and [4] p. of the at end Copy 2: [1] p. of the publisher's advertisements on first prelim. p. verso and [2] p. of the at end 18