The rising Lincolns and the Kentucky plummet
The rise and fall of a state legislator
The rise and limits of a pre-1850s lawyer
The rise and turbulence of a marriage
A congressional aspirant's rise
The Union's economic rescue
Three climactic railroad cases
The Peoria address and the strategy of defense
The Dred Scott case and the Kansas finale
The Presidential election and the fruits of revision
The troubled inaugural address
Forts Sumter and Pickens and the emergence of an impressive administrator.