Becoming Lincoln

As Stephen Douglas staggered under alcohol, illness and the repetition of old ideas, Abraham Lincoln found the clear distinction between them in their debates -- and hammered his opponent pitilessly over his indifference to slavery. Sources used:Blumenthal, Sidney: All The Powers of Earth. Simon and Schuster, 2019. Burlingame, Michael, Abraham Lincoln: A Life. (Vol. 1). The John Hopkins University Press, 1995.Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. 1953 Edition hosted by the University of Michigan.Davis, Rodney and Wilson, Douglas, ed. Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln. University of Chicago Press, 1998. Davis, Rodney and Wilson, Douglas, ed. Herndon on Lincoln: Letters. Knox College Lincoln Studies Center, 2016.Davis, Rodney and Wilson, Douglas, ed., The Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Knox-College Lincoln Studies Center, 2008.Donald, David Herbert, Lincoln: A Biography. Simon and Schuster, 1995.Foner, Eric, The Fiery Trial:  Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. W.W.