The Living Lincoln - The Man His Mind His Times and the War He Fought Reconstructed From His Own Writings.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1992. Second Printing . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2. 673 Pages Indexed. This book is a 2nd Barnes and Noble printing of Rutgers College 1955 copyrights. Black boards with gold spine lettering. No defects noted to this tigh book with no marks or stamps. The Living Lincoln is based on the famous nine-volume edition of The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, a work which has been called the cornerstone of any library of American history. From this massive collection Paul M. Angle and Earl Schenck Miers, both well-known experts on Lincoln and his times, have selected the best of Lincoln's writings on himself 'and the tremendous issues of his day. By their skillful editing letters, speeches, and documents are fused into an intimate self-portrait. Here is, in effect, Abraham Lincoln's autobiography, from his eary years in Springfield, through the upheavals of his Presidency. to the day before he died. The Living Lincoln is an engrossing narrative and in it The Great Emancipator emerges as a living force in modern America. Some Examples: Others have been made fools of by the girls; but this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance, made a fool of myself. In law, it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not. Finally, I insist, that if there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation of their own liberties, and institutions. Contents in 16 Chapters: New Salem, Early Years in Springfield, Prairie Politics, Congressman Lincoln, The Relfective Years, National Emergence, A House Divided, These Poor Tongues, The Making of a Candidate, The Republican Nominee, A Period of Waiting, The Irrepressible Conflict, From Belmont to Second Manassas, From Antietam to Vicksburg, The Signs Look Better, and With Malice Toward None.