Lincoln vs. Davis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILDER LEHRMAN LINCOLN PRIZE From the  New York Times  bestselling presidential biographer comes the greatest untold story of the Civil War: how two American presidents faced off as the fate of the nation hung in the balance—and how Abraham Lincoln came to embrace emancipation as the last, best chance to save the Union.  Of all the books written on Abraham Lincoln, there has been one surprising gap: the drama of how the “railsplitter” from Illinois gr