Prologue: June 13, 1905 1(10)
PART I
Chapter 1 Exile in the West
11(12)
Chapter 2 The Homes of Free White People
23(10)
Chapter 3 It Was My Privilege to Witness
33(13)
Chapter 4 The Prairies Are on Fire
46(12)
Chapter 5 Wide Awake
58(27)
PART II
Chapter 6 A Young Man of His Age
85(22)
Chapter 7 Despotic Act in the Cause of Union
107(18)
Chapter 8 God Placed Him Where He Is
125(14)
Chapter 9 New Birth of Freedom
139(22)
Chapter 10 His Heart Was Too Sad
161(12)
PART III
Chapter 11 Europe
173(17)
Chapter 12 Pike County Balladeer
190(21)
Chapter 13 Breadwinners
211(20)
PART IV
Chapter 14 A Model for All the Good Little Boys to Follow
231(22)
Chapter 15 Our Ideal Hero
253(25)
Chapter 16 We Are Lincoln Men All Through
278(23)
Chapter 17 Lincolniana
301(18)
PART V
Chapter 18 The Fellows Who Came of Age in the Lincoln Years
319(19)
Epilogue: July 25, 1947 338(3)
Acknowledgments 341(4)
Notes 345(24)
Selected Bibliography 369(6)
Index 375