
Giant in the Shadows
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Content
- Cover
- Frontispiece
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustration List
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. "I Was Born in the Globe Tavern
- 2. "Is Bicarb a Swear Word?
- 3. "The Most Profitable [Year] of My Life
- 4. "Robert Lincoln Has Been Dubbed the Prince of Rails!
- 5. "He Is Only Mr. Robert Lincoln, of Cambridge
- 6. "A Very Dreadful Night
- 7. "I Feel Utterly without Spirit or Courage
- 8. "One of the Most Promising Young Men of the West
- Gallery 1
- 9. "I Am Likely to Have a Good Deal of Trouble
- 10. "I Am in Better Shape Than Most
- 11. "I Have Done My Duty as I Best Know
- 12. "I Could Have Stopped This Scheme with Little Trouble
- 13. "I Don't Want to Be Minister to England or Anywhere Else
- 14. "How Many Hours of Sorrow I Have Passed in This Town
- 15. "The Best Secretary of War since Jefferson Davis
- 16. "I Am Not a Candidate
- 17. "I Expect Only the Greatest Satisfaction
- 18. "I Don't Want to Be Nobody nor Nothink except a Chicago Shyster
- Gallery 2
- 19. "As Much a Man of Destiny as His Lamented Father
- 20. "Minister Lincoln Was Quietness Personified
- 21. "What Would His Father Say?
- 22. "I Am Now a Vermont Farmer
- 23. "My Filial Gratitude Cannot Find Adequate Expression
- 24. "I Am Now Enjoying Life
- 25. "He Simply Went to Sleep
- Epilogue: "His Own Place in the Sun
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Author Biography
- Back Cover
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