Six Encounters with LincolnBy: Elizabeth Brown Pryor Winner of the Barondess Lincoln Award from The Civil War Round Table of New York Fascinating reading. . . this book eerily reflects some of todays key issues. The New York Times Book Review From an award winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges of leadership in an unruly democracy An awkward first meeting with U. S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on