Historian Richard Striner is the author of Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Relentless Struggle to End Slavery (Oxford), Lincoln’s Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power (R&L) and many other works on American history. He resides in Pasadena, Maryland.

Written for general readers who want a broad and deep understanding of Lincoln’s greatness, this volume also offers much for scholars to ponder and debate. . . Fascinating anecdotes and insights into [Lincoln’s] depressions round out this towering biography.

• Table of ContentsPrefacePART ONE: PREPARATIONSChapter One: Rough BeginningsChapter Two: InitiationsChapter Three: Rites of PassagePART TWO: CRISIS OF AMBITIONChapter Four: ImprovisingChapter Five: Into the MaelstromChapter Six: Quest for PurposePART THREE: RISE TO DESTINYChapter Seven: Containing SlaveryChapter Eight: Thwarting DouglasChapter Nine: DisunionPART FOUR: AT THE HELMChapter Ten: CrisisChapter Eleven: Chain of SteelChapter Twelve: TransformationChapter Thirteen: Race against TimePART FIVE: TRIUMPHChapter Fourteen: Death StruggleChapter Fifteen: Stolen FutureEpilogueNotesIndex

Historian Richard Striner is the author of Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Relentless Struggle to End Slavery (Oxford), Lincoln’s Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power (R&L) and many other works on American history. He resides in Pasadena, Maryland.

Written for general readers who want a broad and deep understanding of Lincoln’s greatness, this volume also offers much for scholars to ponder and debate. . . Fascinating anecdotes and insights into [Lincoln’s] depressions round out this towering biography.

• Table of ContentsPrefacePART ONE: PREPARATIONSChapter One: Rough BeginningsChapter Two: InitiationsChapter Three: Rites of PassagePART TWO: CRISIS OF AMBITIONChapter Four: ImprovisingChapter Five: Into the MaelstromChapter Six: Quest for PurposePART THREE: RISE TO DESTINYChapter Seven: Containing SlaveryChapter Eight: Thwarting DouglasChapter Nine: DisunionPART FOUR: AT THE HELMChapter Ten: CrisisChapter Eleven: Chain of SteelChapter Twelve: TransformationChapter Thirteen: Race against TimePART FIVE: TRIUMPHChapter Fourteen: Death StruggleChapter Fifteen: Stolen FutureEpilogueNotesIndex

Historian Richard Striner is the author of Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Relentless Struggle to End Slavery (Oxford), Lincoln’s Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power (R&L) and many other works on American history. He resides in Pasadena, Maryland.

Written for general readers who want a broad and deep understanding of Lincoln’s greatness, this volume also offers much for scholars to ponder and debate. . . Fascinating anecdotes and insights into [Lincoln’s] depressions round out this towering biography.

• Table of ContentsPrefacePART ONE: PREPARATIONSChapter One: Rough BeginningsChapter Two: InitiationsChapter Three: Rites of PassagePART TWO: CRISIS OF AMBITIONChapter Four: ImprovisingChapter Five: Into the MaelstromChapter Six: Quest for PurposePART THREE: RISE TO DESTINYChapter Seven: Containing SlaveryChapter Eight: Thwarting DouglasChapter Nine: DisunionPART FOUR: AT THE HELMChapter Ten: CrisisChapter Eleven: Chain of SteelChapter Twelve: TransformationChapter Thirteen: Race against TimePART FIVE: TRIUMPHChapter Fourteen: Death StruggleChapter Fifteen: Stolen FutureEpilogueNotesIndex