Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life

*Includes a table of contents

*Illustrated with images of Lincoln throughout his life



Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) is one of the most famous Americans in history and one of the country’s most revered presidents. Schoolchildren can recite the life story of Lincoln, the “Westerner” who educated himself and became a self made man, rising from lawyer to leader of the new Republican Party before becoming the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln successfully navigated the Union through the Civil War but didn’t live to witness his own accomplishment, becoming the first president assassinated when he was killed at Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth.

Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life was authored by William Herndon (along with Jesse Weik) , Lincoln’s friend and law partner. He sought to reveal a more “real” version of Lincoln than the biography written by John George Nicolay and John Milton Hay.

This edition of Herndon’s Lincoln includes pictures of Lincoln throughout his life, and a table of contents for easier navigation.