A Self-Made Man: The Political Life Of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 (1)The first in a sweeping, multi volume history of Abraham Lincolnfrom his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post Civil War plan of reconciliationengaging and informative andthought provoking (The Christian Science Monitor). From his youth as a voracious newspaper reader, Abraham Lincoln became a free thinker, reading Tom Paine, as well as Shakespeare and the Bible. In the fascinating (Booklist, starred review) A Self