Founders' son: a life of Abraham Lincoln

Introduction: two old men, one young man

1809-1830: youth

George Washington and liberty

1830-1840: manhood

Thomas Paine, laughter, and reason

1840-1852: maturity

Henry Clay and the Fourth of July

1854: the repeal of the Missouri Compromise

1855-1858: running for senate

1859-1860: running for president

Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. The towering genius (I)

The election of 1860. The towering genius (II)

1861-1863: war, emancipation

Preamble to the Constitution

1864-1865: war, death

God the father

1865: victory. The towering genius (III)

Epilogue: One old man.