| Edition |
Illini books ed. |
| Description |
xxviii, 380 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Lincoln's midlife crisis: from party hack to statesman -- "I used to be a slave": the origins of Lincoln's hatred of slavery -- "Unrestrained by parental tyranny": Lincoln and his sons -- Surrogate father Abraham -- Lincoln's depressions: "melancholy dript from him as he walked" -- Lincoln's attitude toward women: the most striking contradiction of a complex character -- Lincoln's anger and cruelty -- "The most ambitious man in the world" -- The Lincolns' marriage: "a fountain of misery, of a quality absolutely infernal". |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Psychology.
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| ISBN |
0252066677 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780252066672 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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