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The narrative follows a journey through the country, a manner of pilgrimage, tracing the remarkable transformation of Lincoln's life as he migrated from humble beginnings in Kentucky, via social respectability as a lawyer and politician in Springfield, Illinois, and on to his ultimate destiny of the presidency and civil war leader. The picture that emerges is of a somewhat eccentric man of deep contradictions: feisty and capable of ruthlessness yet genuinely kind; prone to periods of misanthropy yet also blessed with an appealing sense of humour which manifested in self-deprecating remarks and aphoristic stories of enchantingly universal appeal and simple, homespun wisdom. Through it all though, right up to the tragic dénouement of which he reputedly had a premonition, this great man of destiny shines through as, essentially, a decent and straightforward man. The book does lack any pictures of the people and places in his life, perhaps a slight oversight, but then again, in view of the richly evocative nature of her portrayal, easily overlooked. --Alisdair Bowles
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