Contents note continued: 11."Unite with Us, and Help Us to Triumph": Building the Illinois Republican Party (1855-1857) -- 12."A House Divided": Lincoln vs. Douglas (1857-1858) -- 13."A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath": The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858) -- 14."That Presidential Grub Gnaws Deep": Pursuing the Republican Nomination (1859-1860) -- 15."The Most Available Presidential Candidate for Unadulterated Republicans": The Chicago Convention (May 1860) -- 16."I Have Been Elected Mainly on the Cry `Honest Old Abe'": The Presidential Campaign (May---November 1860) -- 17."I Will Suffer Death Before I Will Consent to Any Concession or Compromise": President-elect in Springfield (1860-1861) -- 18."What If I Appoint Cameron, Whose Very Name Stinks in the Nostrils of the People for His Corruption?": Cabinet-Making in Springfield (1860-1861).;Machine generated contents note: 1."I Have Seen a Good Deal of the Back Side of This World": Childhood in Kentucky (1809-1816) -- 2."I Used to Be a Slave": Boyhood and Adolescence in Indiana (1816-1830) -- 3."Separated from His Father, He Studied English Grammar": New Salem (1831-1834) -- 4."A Napoleon of Astuteness and Political Finesse": Frontier Legislator (1834-1837) -- 5."We Must Fight the Devil with Fire": Slasher-Gaff Politico in Springfield (1837-1841) -- 6."It Would Just Kill Me to Marry Mary Todd": Courtship and Marriage (1840-1842) -- 7."I Have Got the Preacher by the Balls": Pursuing a Seat in Congress (1843-1847) -- 8."A Strong but Judicious Enemy to Slavery": Congressman Lincoln (1847-1849) -- 9."I Was Losing Interest in Politics and Went to the Practice of the Law with Greater Earnestness Than Ever Before": Midlife Crisis (1849-1854) -- 10."Aroused as He Had Never Been Before": Reentering Politics (1854-1855).