“The reader is caught at once, and from then on episode piles on episode... Every paragraph exciting.” ——New York World Telegram “Dramatic story crammed with all that is picturesque.” ——NNew York Times “A sensational but sympathetic life of Lincoln…fast-moving.” ——Chicago Herald Examiner “Has an engaging out-of-doors freshness and a sense of human intimacy... Reads like a novel.” ——New York Herald Tribune