Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November , shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War.
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To that, I'd probably add the Gienapp book, Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, the Sidney Blumenthal trilogy starting with A Self-Made Man, and even the old Carl Sandburg books, which were the standard popular biography for decades. The last has been surpassed long ago, but they're still valuable to see where someone who could be brutally.
Herndon's life of Lincoln, the history and personal recollections of Abraham Lincoln as originally written by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik; by Herndon, William Henry, ; Weik, Jesse William,
Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, , near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, , Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.