Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125) and index.
Prologue -- Complex boy -- Ordinary and extraordinary -- Birth of a politician -- Meeting Mary -- Family and politics -- Between right and wrong -- Preparing for Washington -- Begins with a bang! -- Emancipation! -- Lincoln's war -- No turning back -- End of slavery -- With malice -- Toward none -- Beginning of the end -- Giant falls -- Timeline -- Bibliography -- Organizations of interest -- Index