Preface | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
A Wandering Youth | p. 11 |
The Road to Mount Pulaski | p. 21 |
The Great Triumvirate of the Eighth Judicial Circuit | p. 32 |
Politics Overtakes the Law | p. 51 |
From the Wigwam to Washington | p. 69 |
And the War Came | p. 93 |
Witness to the Emancipation | p. 107 |
Quicksilver and New Almaden | p. 124 |
This Terrible War | p. 137 |
A Strategic Decision | p. 155 |
Legal Advocate and Civic Leader | p. 169 |
The Better Angels of Our Nature | p. 187 |
Epilogue | p. 200 |
Acknowledgments | p. 207 |
Appendix: Selections of Swett's Biographical Writing | |
Introduction of Lincoln at Bloomington, Illinois, September 4, 1858 | p. 211 |
Letter to Josiah Drummond on Lincoln's 1860 Nomination, May 27, 1860 | p. 213 |
Speech at Great War Rally, U.S. Capitol, August 7, 1862 | p. 217 |
Essay on Lincoln, Letter to Herndon, January 17, 1866, as Amended in 1887 | p. 219 |
In Memory of David Davis, Illinois Bar Association, March 5, 1887 | p. 227 |
Memorial of T. Lyle Dickey, U.S. Circuit Court, Northern District of Illinois, May 9, 1887 | p. 234 |
Dedicatory Speech at the Unveiling of Saint-Gaudens's "Standing Lincoln" Statue at Lincoln Park, Chicago, October 22, 1887 | p. 244 |
Notes | p. 255 |
Bibliography | p. 287 |
Index | p. 297 |
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