Abraham Lincoln: The Man and The Hero Is the story of Abraham Lincoln as amazing and astonishing as we are led to believe? Was there more to him as President than just being assassinated? As we explore the story of Abraham Lincoln we will see how this was an individual that went against the grain and managed to rise to the top of the country from the most humble of beginnings. This was an individual who managed to succeed against adversity from his early failures in the political world and yet was still able to achieve greatness while always sticking to his principles. Abraham Lincoln is not a complex character, but a man who felt strongly on a number of different points and fought to the bitter end to improve the lives of the everyday American. Fighting against the concept of slavery and desperate to keep the Union together, his life was filled with ups and downs that are able to tell us so much about the man that your idea of what made him tick will change as you get to learn more about what he was like as a person. There was indeed more to him than just being assassinated and you will see why modern day America has so much to thank him for.