Author:
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Description184 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note:Editor's note -- Prologue: Greatness of Lincoln -- 1: Humble beginnings -- 2: Making of a statesman -- 3: Lincoln and the union -- 4: Lincoln and the emancipation -- 5: Lincoln and total war -- 6: Politics in wartime -- 7: Rising above the fray: second term -- 8: Victory and death -- Epilogue: Nation Lincoln made -- Notes -- Milestones -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index.
