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Title: The Southerner
A Romance of the Real Lincoln

Author: Thomas Dixon

Illustrator: J. N. Marchand

Release Date: August 28, 2006 [EBook #19135]

Language: English

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THE SOUTHERNER

_A ROMANCE OF THE REAL LINCOLN_

BY

THOMAS DIXON

_"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

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DEDICATED TO

OUR FIRST SOUTHERN-BORN PRESIDENT SINCE LINCOLN,
MY FRIEND AND COLLEGEMATE WOODROW WILSON

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THE SOUTHERNER

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

[Illustration: "From a thousand throats rose the cry: 'Lee to the
rear!'"]

TO THE READER

_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._

THOMAS DIXON.

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER

I. THE MAN OF THE HOUR
II. JANGLING VOICES
III. IN BETTY'S GARDEN
IV. A PAIR OF YOUNG EYES
V. THE FIRST SHOT
VI. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
VII. LOVE AND DUTY
VIII. TH