Douglas Lawson Wilson

Examines how the sixteenth president transformed himself in the 1830s and 1840s from a backwoods storekeeper into a sophisticated political figure, a process that was seriously thwarted more than once. 15,000 first printing. First serial, The Atlantic Monthly.

The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln

Honor's Voice

William Henry Herndon

Jesse William Weik

Terry Wilson

Rodney O. Davis

For twenty-five years after the president's death William Herndon, his law partner, conducted interviews with and solicited letters from dozens of persons who knew Lincoln personally.

Douglas Lawson Wilson

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