Introduction: Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the preservation of liberty / Clarence Thomas
Part I. Lincoln's character.
"The Great Invention of the World": Lincoln and literature / Fred Kaplan
Lincoln, Shakespeare, and tyranny / John Channing Briggs
Lincoln and race / Michael Burlingame
Learning to love Lincoln: Frederick Douglass's journey from grievance to gratitude / Diana J. Schaub
Part II. Lincoln's politics.
Lincoln and political principles / Thomas L. Krannawitter
Lincoln, liberty, and the American constitutional union / Lucas E. Morel
The democratic statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln / Steven Kautz
"Public sentiment is everything": Abraham Lincoln and the power of public opinion / Allen C. Guelzo
Lincoln and the lessons of party leadership / Matthew Pinsker
Lincoln's theology of labor / Joseph R. Fornieri
Part III. Lincoln at war.
Abraham Lincoln as war president: Practical wisdom at war / Mackubin Thomas Owens
Lincoln's executive discretion: The preservation of political constitutionalism / Benjamin A. Kleinerman
Part IV. Lincoln and modern-day America.
Lincoln and the progressives / Ronald J. Pestritto and Jason R. Jividen.