The uncoiling of the serpent -- The dark and bloody ground -- The Hoosier years -- New Salem -- Politics -- Vandalia -- Death in Alton -- Springfield -- Young Hickory -- The Ballyhoo campaign -- Lincoln in love -- The steam engine in breeches and the engine that knew no rest -- "Who is James K. Polk?" -- Laying Congressional pipe -- Seeing spots -- Lincoln's other life -- What he had become -- Tempest -- Lincoln emerges -- Political earthquake -- At the crossroads -- Axe handles and wedges -- A house divided -- The debates -- Spreading the gospel -- Cooper union -- Reaching for the brass ring -- Chicago -- The four legged race -- Firebell in the night -- Getting there -- The war comes -- Twilight of the little giant.