Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery

Includes index A reissue of the author's Abraham Lincoln : a biography for young people, 1888 Lincoln ancestry -- The boyhood of Lincoln -- Young manhood -- The Lincoln in Illinois -- A plunge into politics -- The young politician -- Winning his way -- The rising politician -- Lincoln the lawyer -- A great awakening -- The Kansas struggle -- The coming man -- Lincoln and Douglas -- After a great struggle -- Elected to the presidency -- After the election -- From Springfield to Washington -- Lincoln's inauguration -- President Abraham Lincoln -- Beginning of the great struggle -- The slavery question arises -- A difficult military situation -- The turning of the tide -- Political complications -- The family in the White House -- End of a strange eventful history Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Copy 1: Book, leather; frontispiece, front and back covers detached, spine detached, p. 467-471 loose Copy 1: Indecipherable handwritten markings in pencil on front endsheet Copy 2 and 3: Bound in cloth; frontispiece Copy 2: [5] p. of the publisher's advertisements at end Copy 3: [1] p. of the publisher's advertisements on second prelim. p. verso and [4] p. at end Copy 3: Handwritten inscription in ink on front endsheet: Yours faithfully, Noah Brooks 18