Study this portrait. You will see an Abraham Lincoln who is youthful, clear-eyed, vital. It was taken when he entered the White House. Now turn to the front cover of this book and see him four years later in Gardner's famous photograph-worn and aged, his lace lined with suffering and care. Abraham Lincoln lived through times that tried his soul... this self-taught backwoodsman who fought his way from rail splitter to the Presidency. It is a frank, honest and dramatic life story that Emil Ludwig reveals in this greatest of his biographies. Here you will find a Lincoln you never knew.