One hundred and fifty anecdotes and stories by and about Abraham Lincoln, organized into the major phases of his life: Early Life Stories War Stories Professional Life Stories Miscellaneous Stories White House Stories Published in 1879, the anecdotes show the zest and potency that made Lincoln such a remarkable man. The stories are beautifully narrated by many of Lincoln's colleagues and friends and edited by J. B. McClure, a prominent publisher in Chicago, who was a master of the "anecdotes" literary medium that was very popular in the mid-nineteenth century.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.