Lincoln's Quest for Union

Lincoln's Quest for Union by Charles B. Strozier. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780465041190.

1987 University of Illinois Press trade paperback, Charles B. Strozier (Your Friend Forever, A. The Enduring Friendship of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed). In Lincolns Quest for Union, Charles Strozier gives the most probing account available of Lincolns inner life—from the time he was a young man in Illinois, just finding himself, through his ascent to the presidency when he guided the nation and articulated for the country the meaning of the Civil War. With the probity of an open-minded historian and the skills of a trained therapist (he is both), Strozier examines Lincolns relationships to his mother, stepmother, two young loves, and Mary Todd. He also considers Lincolns feelings toward his father and male friends and colleagues. - Amazon