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The First American. Frontiersman and backwoods attorney. Teller of bawdy tales and a spellbinding orator. A champion of liberty some called a would-be tyrant. Savior of the Union and the Great Emancipator. All these are Abraham Lincoln?in his time America's most admired and reviled leader, and still our nation's most enigmatic and captivating hero.Timed to complement the new motion picture Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg, Lincoln: A President for the Ages introduces a new Lincoln grappling with some of history's greatest challenges. Would Lincoln have dropped the bomb on Hiroshima? How w. & nbsp;Read more... About This Book; 1 The Faces of Lincoln; Lincoln's Words; 2 Elizabeth Keckley: Bringing an Extraordinary Woman to the Screen; Lincoln's Words; 3 'A Sacred Effort' Lincoln's Unfinished Journey from Slavery to Freedom; Lincoln's Words; 4 'By No Means Excluding Females' Abraham Lincoln and Women's Suffrage; Lincoln's Words; 5 Lincoln, FDR, and the Growth of Federal Power; Lincoln's Words; 6 'That This Mighty Scourge of War May Speedily Pass Away' Lincoln and the Hiroshima Decision; Lincoln's Words; 7 At the End of Two Wars: 1865 and 1945, Lincoln and Roosevelt; Lincoln's Words 8 Abraham Lincoln: The President as OutlawLincoln's Words; 9 President Abraham Lincoln Confronts the War on Terror; Lincoln's Words; 10 'Public Opinion is Everything' Lincoln the Communicator; Lincoln's Words; 11 'The Almighty Has His Own Purposes' Abraham Lincoln and the Christian Right; Lincoln's Words; 12 The Real Lincoln is the Icon: An Interview with Andrew Ferguson; Lincoln's Words; 13 Lincoln -- The Unlikely Celebrity; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index