Abraham Lincoln

by Lord Charnwood

Overview

Landmark biography, written in 1917 by an English author, documents Lincoln’s rise from backwoods obscurity to the presidency and his role as commander-in-chief during the Civil War. An artful blend of personal and political detail, the book offers not only an absorbing and revealing look at the life and times of the 16th president, it provides a concise yet thorough examination of factors leading to the Civil War, and Lincoln’s leadership throughout the conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789388118521
Publisher:	DIGITAL FIRE
Publication date:	01/03/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	396
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Lord Charnwood, a British by birth, was a man of many affairs and much learning. He had training in historical research and his work exhibits evidences of industrious and careful investigation. He made close examination of American newspapers of the period covered, and has had access to original manuscript archives in the State and Navy departments at Washington.

Table of Contents

GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
I. BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN
II. THE GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN NATION
1. The Formation of a National Government
2. Territorial Expansion
3. The Growth of the Practice and Traditions of the Union Government
4. The Missouri Compromise
5. Leaders, Parties, and Tendencies in Lincoln's
6. Slavery and Southern Society
7. Intellectual Development
III. LINCOLN'S EARLY CAREER
1. Life at New Salem
2. In the Illinois Legislature
3. Marriage
IV. LINCOLN IN CONGRESS AND IN RETIREMENT
1. The Mexican War and Lincoln's Work
2. California and the Compromise of 1850
3. Lincoln in Retirement
4. The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise log
V. THE RISE OF LINCOLN
1. Lincoln's Return to Public Life
2. The Principles and the Oratory of Lincoln
3. Lincoln against Douglas
4. John Brown
5. The Election of Lincoln as President
VI. SECESSION
1. The Case of the South against the Union
2. The Progress of Secession.
3. The Inauguration of Lincoln
4. The Outbreak of War
VII. THE CONDITIONS OF THE WAR
VIII. THE OPENING OF THE WAR AND LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION
1. Preliminary Stages of the War.
2. Bull Run
3. Lincoln's Administration Generally
4-Foreign Policy and England
5. The Great Questions of Domestic Policy
IX. THE DISASTERS OF THE NORTH
1. Military Policy of the North
2. The War in the West up to May, 1862
3. The War in the East up to May, 1863
X. EMANCIPATION
XI. THE APPROACH OF VICTORY
I. The War to the End of 1863
2. Conscription and the Politics of 1863
3. The War in 1864
4. The Second Election of Lincoln: 1864
XII. THE END
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
INDEX
MAP

Editorial Reviews

A masterly analysis of Lincoln’s character and career and…a model of what the historian’s work should be.”

playwright John Drinkwater

Lord Charnwood’s remains the best Lincoln biography.”

Weekly Standard

Not only the portrait but the philosophy of the greatest of Americans. It is bound to take first rank in the literature of Lincoln and in many respects may be pronounced the best of the biographies.”

Nation

Lord Charnwood has given us the most complete interpretation of Lincoln as yet produced, and he has presented it in such artistic form that it may well become a classic.”

American Historical Review

Lord Charnwood's remains the best Lincoln biography.

The Weekly Standard - William Kristol

Lord Charnwood's remains the best Lincoln biography.
— William Kristol

The Weekly Standard