An in-depth look at Abraham Lincoln the man, not the public figure.

Michael Burlingame is Sadowski Professor of History Emeritus at Connecticut College and the editor of Inside the White House in War Times and A Reporter's Lincoln, both published by the University of Nebraska Press.

Acknowledgements
Editors Introduction
Jesse W. Weik, The Real Lincoln
Appendix 1 - Weik's Informants
Appendix 2 - "A Hard-hearted Conscious Liar and an Oily Hypocrite:" Henry B. Rankin's Reliability as a Lincoln Informant
Index