In the wake of Stephen Spielberg's contribution to the Lincoln legacy, Mr Mansfield has done us the wonderful service of leading us along the great President's spiritual journey. The journey follows paths not unlike those trodden by our modern-day atheists, but it ends in a theater where the central character speaks of his longing for a journey to the holy land where he can walk in the footsteps of the Savior. The book is wonderfully readable, insightful, enlightening, and scholarly. Mr. Manfield's Lincoln is a complex character, tormented by battles with depression, who nevertheless comes to recognize that the way of true greatness for the nation Is found through submission to the God who rules the destinies of men and of nations. Highly recommended.