The Political Writings of Abraham Lincoln

Allen C. Guelzo is an American intellectual historian with a concentration in the nineteenth century and especially the life and work of Abraham Lincoln. He is a three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize for Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President (1999), Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America (2004) and Gettysburg: The Last Invasion (2013).

• Introduction: the political life of Lincoln; 1. Lincoln as a Whig state legislator; 2. Lincoln and the American System; 3. Lincoln as republican candidate; 4. Lincoln as presidential candidate; 5. Lincoln and the war for the union, 1861–1862; 6. Lincoln as emancipator; 7. Lincoln and the war against slavery; 8. Lincoln and political religion; 9. Lincoln and the construction of the union; 10. Eulogies of Abraham Lincoln.

'Our foremost Lincoln/Civil War scholar, Allen Guelzo, has judiciously compiled and meticulously edited a wide variety of Lincoln's letters, speeches, reported conversations, and eulogies that cumulatively reveal the impressive scope and depth of the sixteenth president's political thinking. To blend such varied sources creates a richer and more sophisticated picture of Lincoln's thought than similar anthologies provide. This collection is ideal for both students and general readers seeking to better understand the Great Emancipator.' Michael Burlingame, Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois Springfield and Author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life