Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).
Note
"Created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of America's greatest president by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum"--Page 48.
Other partners who provided support for the project are We the People, a program of the National Endowment for the Humanities; The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation; The History Channel; The American Library Association; and the Tribeca Film Institute.
Contents
Lincoln as a self-made man / Daniel Walker Howe -- The Lincolns' marriage / Erin I. Bishop -- Lincoln the lawyer / James M. Cornelius -- Lincoln the politician / Silvana R. Siddali -- Lincoln in Washington / Kenneth J. Winkle -- Lincoln as commander-in-chief / Bryon C. Andreasen -- Lincoln's presidency / Thomas F. Schwartz -- Lincoln and emancipation / Edna Greene Medford.