Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface to the Fordham University Press Edition xxiii
4. Preface xxvii
5. Introduction xxxiii
6. A Note on the Lincoln Texts xlv
7. "NOT MUCH OF ME" xlix
8. I "THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS"
9. Introduction 1
10. 1832 9
11. 1836 11
12. 1837 12
13. 1838 15
14. 1839 24
15. 1841 26
16. 1842 28
17. 1845 30
18. 1847 32
19. 1848 34
20. 1850 43
21. 1852 49
22. II "ALL WE HAVE EVER HELD SACRED"
23. Introduction 53
24. 1854 62
25. 1855 78
26. 1856 84
27. 1857 88
28. III "ANOTHER EXPLOSION WILL COME"
29. Introduction 95
30. 1858 105
31. IV "RIGHT MAKES MIGHT"
32. Introduction 139
33. 1859 148
34. 1860 164
35. V "HOUR OF TRIAL"
36. Introduction 181
37. 1861 188
38. VI "FOREVER FREE"
39. Introduction 235
40. 1862 243
41. 1863 269
42. VII "FOR Us THE LIVING"
43. Introduction 299
44. 1863 307
45. 1864 313
46. 1865 338
47. Acknowledgments 391
48. Biographies of the Editors and Contributors 395
49. INDEX 401