THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
BY HENRY KETCHAM


TO MY TWO OLDER BROTHERS, JOHN LEWIS KETCHAM,
AND WILLIAM ALEXANDER KETCHAM,
WHO UNDER ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
LOYALLY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR
FOR THE PERPETUATION OF THE UNION AND THE
DESTRUCTION OP SLAVERY, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.




CONTENTS.


I. The Wild West
II. The Lincoln Family
III. Early Years
IV. In Indiana
V. Second Journey to New Orleans
VI. Desultory Employments
VII. Entering Politics
VIII. Entering the Law
IX. On the Circuit
X. Social Life and Marriage
XI. The Encroachments of Slavery
XII. The Awakening of the Lion
XIII. Two Things that Lincoln Missed