Abraham Lincoln and the Trans-Mississippi American West: an introductory overview -- Lincoln and the Mexican War: an argument by analogy / Mark E. Neely, Jr. -- Lincoln, the West, and the antislavery politics of the 1850's / Michael S. Green -- Lincoln, the Thirteenth Amendment, and the admission of Nevada / Earl S. Pomeroy -- Lincoln and the territorial patronage: the ascendancy of the radicals in the West / Vincent G. Tegeder -- Lincoln's New Mexico patronage: saving the Far Southwest for the Union / Deren Earl Kellogg -- The tribe of Abraham: Lincoln and the Washington Territory / Robert W. Johannsen -- Dr. Anson G. Henry (1804-65): Lincoln's junkyard dog / Paul M. Zall -- The Mormon connection: Lincoln, the saints, and the crisis of equality / Larry Schweikart -- Lincoln and the Indians / David A. Nichols -- Lincoln and the American West: a bibliographical essay and a bibliography. |