LINCOLN
Written by David Herbert Donald
Published by Jonathan Cape
in 1995
ISBN: 022404222x
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LINCOLN
Written by David Herbert Donald.
Stock no. 1330878
1st.
1995.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This compelling biography presents a moving, original portrait of a man who did not seek fame, but who rose reluctantly and spectacularly to the occasion. Blue cloth spine with silver title, pink boards. B/w photos. 714 pages. ISBN: 022404222x. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some foxing to contents. Top edge of textblock is a little grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- ONE. Annals of the Poor
- TWO. A Piece of Floating Driftwood
- THREE. Cold, Calculating, Unimpassioned Reason
- FOUR. Always a Whig
- FIVE. Lone Star of Illinois
- SIX. At the Head of His Profession in this State
- SEVEN. There are No Whigs
- EIGHT. A House Divided
- NINE. The Taste Is In My Mouth
- TEN. An Accidental Instrument
- ELEVEN. A People's Contest
- TWELVE. The Bottom Is Out of the Tub
- THIRTEEN. An Instrument in God's Hands
- FOURTEEN. A Pumpkin in Each End of My Bag
- FIFTEEN. What Will the Country Say!
- SIXTEEN. A New Birth of Freedom
- SEVENTEEN. The Greatest Question Ever Presented to Practical Statesmanship
- EIGHTEEN. It Was Not Best to Swap Horses
- NINETEEN. I am Pretty Sure-Footed
- TWENTY. With Charity for All
- TWENTY-ONE. I Will Take Care of Myself
- Sources and Notes
- Index
- MAPS