This Fiery Trial

This book is a concise collection of Lincoln's writings from his early years to his death, with emphasis on the presidential years. These selections convey Lincoln's basic ideas, the nature of his wartime leadership, and his personality and character. Gienapp provides longer introductory headnotes to each document than similar works provide, while at the same time keeping the length short enough to make it both accessible to a general audience and attractive as a
supplementary text for college courses in the Civil War.