The Battles that Made Abraham Lincoln: How Lincoln Mastered his Enemies to Win the Civil War, Free the Slaves, and Preserve the Union

A timely look at the atmosphere of political hostility surrounding the Civil War, and the venom faced by America's sixteenth president.

Today, Abraham Lincoln is a beloved American icon, widely considered to be our best president. It was not always so. This book takes a look at what Lincoln's contemporaries actually thought and said about him during his lifetime, when political hostilities, and ultimately civil war, raged.

The era in which our sixteenth president lived and governed was...