The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln

From a thousand throats rose the cry: 'Lee to the rear!'
BOOKS BY MR. DIXON
The Southerner The Sins of the Father The Leopard's Spots The Clansman The Traitor
The One Woman Comrades The Root of Evil
The Life Worth Living
Have you never realized it, my friends, that Lincoln, though grafted on the West, is essentially, in personnel and character, a Southern contribution? —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
Lest my readers should feel that certain incidents of this story are startling and improbable, I wish to say that every word in it relating to the issues of our national life has been drawn from authentic records in my possession. Nor have I at any point taken a liberty with an essential detail in historical scenes.