THE SOUTHERNER
"From a thousand throats rose the cry: 'Lee to therear!'"
BOOKS BY MR. DIXON
The Southerner
The Sins of the Father
The Leopard's Spots
The Clansman
The Traitor
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The One Woman
Comrades
The Root of Evil
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The Life Worth Living
A ROMANCE OF
THE REAL LINCOLN
BY
THOMAS DIXON
"Have you never realized it, my friends, that Lincoln, though graftedon the West, is essentially, in personnel and character, a Southerncontribution?"—Walt Whitman.
illustrated by
J. N. MARCHAND
NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1913
Copyright, 1913, by
THOMAS DIXON
All rights reserved, including that of translation into all
foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
Printed in the United States of America
dedicated to
our first southern-born president since lincoln,
my friend and collegemate
WOODROW WILSON
TO THE READER
Lest my readers should feel that certain incidents of this story arestartling and improbable, I wish to say that every word in it relatingto the issues of our national life has been drawn from authentic recordsin my possession. Nor have I at any point taken a liberty with anessential detail in historical scenes.
Thomas Dixon.