Abraham Lincoln #3: Personal Life and Personality (1831-1853); Topics covered include: Relationships with his parents, Ann Rutledge, Mary Owens, and Mary (Todd) Lincoln; personality traits, including humor, storytelling, melancholy, and sadness

Key people: Thomas Lincoln, Nancy Lincoln, Sarah Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, Mary Owens, Mary (Todd) Lincoln, William Herndon, and David Davis

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Abraham Lincoln #2: Path to Politics (1832-1848); Topics covered include: Studies law, political beliefs (Whig), elected to state legislature, passes Bar, initial views on slavery and abolition, first political address (rule of law), elected U.S. Congress, anti-Mexican War, and his Spot Resolutions

Key people: John Stuart, Henry Clay, Joshua Speed, Stephen Logan, William Herndon, and James Polk

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Abraham Lincoln #1: Frontier Youth for 'Honest Old Abe' (1809-1833); Topics covered include: Youth on frontier, relationship with father, death of mother, stepmother and siblings, early education/self-learner, trip to New Orleans, volunteer in Black Hawk War, odd jobs, strength, humor, and honesty

Key people: Thomas Lincoln, Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln, Sarah (Johnston) Lincoln, Danton Offutt, Jack Armstrong, and Black Hawk

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James Buchanan #10: Don't Blame Me (1861-1868); Topics covered include: Inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln, return to Wheatland with family, Civil War begins, defends attacks on his administration, "Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion," blame for abolitionists and Congress, end of the war, assassination of President Lincoln, marriage of Harriet Lane, remains confident in his actions as he dies, and a perspective on his presidency

Key people: Harriet Lane, Esther Parker (Miss Hetty), Abraham Lincoln, and Henry Johnston

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James Buchanan #9: Perilous Interregnum (1860-1861); Topics covered include: Election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln election President of the United States, southern secession (including legal interpretations), showdown in Charleston Harbor (Fort Sumter), Cabinet resignations, Peace Conference, and the end of Buchanan's term

Key people: Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, John Bell, Abraham Lincoln, Jeremiah Black, Robert Anderson, John Floyd, Howell Cobb, Lewis Cass, John Slidell, William Gwin, and John Tyler

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James Buchanan #8: Presidential Duties and Investigations (1857-1860); Topics covered include: Rebellion in Utah, Panic of 1857, "reform, not relief," foreign affairs (Cuba and Mexico), midterm elections, and the Covode Committee investigation

Key people: Brigham Young, Alfred Cummings, John Slidell, John Covode, and John Sherman

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James Buchanan #7: Bleeding Kansas and the Lecompton Constitution (1857); Topics covered include: President of the United States, Dred Scott v. Sandford, life in the White House, patronage, Bleeding Kansas, Lecompton Constitution, conflict with Stephen Douglas, and the final rejection of the Lecompton Constitution

Key people: Roger Taney, Dred Scott, Esther Parker (Miss Hetty), Harriet Lane, Robert Walker, Stephen Douglas, and Frederick Stanton

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James Buchanan #6: Elected: Greatest Trial of His Life (1856-1857); Topics covered include: Election of 1856, receives Democratic nomination, elected President of the United States, Cabinet, one term pledge, and his Inaugural Address

Key people: Stephen Douglas John Slidell, James Bayard, Jesse Bright, John Breckinridge, John Fremont, Millard Fillmore, Lewis Cass, Howell Cobb, and Roger Taney

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James Buchanan #5: Off to Europe, While Kansas Bleeds (1849-1856); Topics covered include: Out of office, country squire at Wheatland, family patriarch, Compromise of 1850, election of 1852, Minister to Great Britain, death of William King, Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and Bleeding Kansas

Key people: Esther Parker (Miss Hetty), Harriet Lane, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Lewis Cass, Stephen Douglas, Franklin Pierce, William Marcy, William King, Queen Victoria, Pierre Soule, and John Mason

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James Buchanan #4: Cabinet Conflict (1844-1849); Topics covered include: Election of 1844, Presidency of James Polk, Manifest Destiny, Secretary of State, conflict with President Polk, Texas annexation, resolution to border dispute with Great Britain over the Oregon Territory, Mexican War, peace negotiations, and final result

Key people: Martin Van Buren, James Polk, Henry Clay, George Dallas, George Woodward, John Tyler, Winfield Scott, and Nicholas Trist

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