The Living Lincoln

The Living Lincoln is based on the famous nine-volume edition of The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, a work which has been called the cornerstone of any library of American history. From this massive collection Paul M. Angle and earl Schenck Miers, both well-known experts on Lincoln and his times, have selected the best of Lincoln's writings on himself and the tremendous issues of his day. By their skillful editing, letters, speeches, and documents are fused into an intimate self-portrait.

Here is, in effect, Abraham Lincoln's autobiography, from his early years in Springfield, through the upheavals of his Presidency, to the day before he died. The Living Lincoln is an engrossing narrative and in it The Great Emancipator emerges as a living force in modern America.