Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons

Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award from The Civil War Round Table of New York

“Fascinating reading. . .this book eerily reflects some of today’s key issues.” – The New York Times Book Review

From an award-winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges of leadership in an unruly democracy

An awkward first meeting with U.S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who was a...