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Lincoln and McClellan • Chapter XXX. Lincoln and Greeley • Chapter XXXI.
Discouragements • Chapter XXXIII. Second Election • Chapter XXXVII. Ketcham's clearly-written, unadorned account of Lincoln's life achieves its stated purpose, never removing its focus from the man who became the 16th President of the United States and led the nation through some of its most turbulent and difficult times."--Amazon.com
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
By Henry Ketcham
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
16th President of the United States
Dedication
To my two older brothers, John Lewis Ketcham, and William Alexander Ketcham, who under Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief Loyally served their country in the war for the perpetuation of the Union and the destruction of slavery, this book is affectionately dedicated.
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Dedication • Preface • Chapter I.
The Wild West • Chapter II. The Lincoln Family • Chapter III. Early Years • Chapter IV. In Indiana • Chapter V. Second Journey to New Orleans • Chapter VI. Desultory Employments • Chapter VII. Entering Politics • Chapter VIII.
Lincoln His Own President • Chapter XXIV. Close of the War • Chapter XXXVIII. New Hopes • Chapter XXXIV. The Nomination of 1860 • Chapter XIX. The Election • Chapter XX. Four Long Months • Chapter XXI. Journey to Washington • Chapter XXII.
A Nation’s Sorrow • Chapter XL. The Measure of a Man • Chapter XLI. Testimonies
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Ketcham
The Inauguration • Chapter XXIII. The War Here to Stay • Chapter XXVII. Emancipation • Chapter XXXII. Lincoln and Fremont • Chapter XXIX. Two Things That Lincoln Missed • Chapter XIV. The Birth of the Republican Party • Chapter XV.
The Battle of the Giants • Chapter XVI. Growing Audacity of the Slave Power • Chapter XVII.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
"In his introduction to The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ketcham notes that there has been so much written about Lincoln that the legend has begun to obscure, if not to efface, the man.
The Darkest Hour of the War • Chapter XXVIII. The Backwoodsman at the Center of Eastern Culture • Chapter XVIII. Literary Characteristics • Chapter XXXVI. Assassination • Chapter XXXIX. Entering the Law • Chapter IX. On the Circuit • Chapter X.
Social Life and Marriage • Chapter XI. The Encroachments of Slavery • Chapter XII. The Awakening of the Lion • Chapter XIII. Lincoln and Grant • Chapter XXXV.