The first fully realized portrait of Abraham Lincoln's ambitious and controversial early political career written by the "gifted young historian" (Richard Norton Smith) and author of Founding Rivals.

Chris DeRose, the "gifted young historian" (Richard Norton Smith) who penned one of The Washington Post's "Best Political Books" with 2011's Founding Rivals, draws from the unpublished "Papers of Abraham Lincoln," and other rare sources, to deliver the first fully realized portrait of Lincoln's controversial early political career.

The years 1847 through 1849, though...