1923. Drinkwater writes in the Note: In using for purposes of drama a personality so wide and recent a fame as that of Abraham Lincoln, I feel that one or two observations are due to my readers and critics. First my purpose is that not of the historian but of the dramatist. The historical presentation of my hero has been faithfully made in many volumes...Secondly, my purpose is, again, that of the dramatist, not that of the political philosopher...My concern is with the profoundly dramatic interest of his character and with the inspiring example of a man who handled war nobly and with imagination. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.