I’ve reviewed Lincoln books and written essays on the 16th U.S. president, and, for several years, I served on the advisory board of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, in ...

We live in a golden age of Lincoln scholarship, but most of the best books concentrate on particular aspects of Lincoln’s life and character. Sidney Blumenthal wants the whole man or nothing.

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.

Seward was an even more ardent foe of slavery than Lincoln. When the Fugitive Slave Act was being debated in 1850, he delivered an impassioned, if futile, three-hour speech on the Senate floor.

Ronald White talked about [A. Lincoln: A Biography] (Random House; January 13, 2009). In the book he recounts the life of Abraham Lincoln and adds to the former president's biography via his ...

Every generation gets its own Abraham Lincoln biography. But if time seems to move faster these days, then perhaps it is altogether fitting and proper that our generation should have so many.

Historian David S. Reynolds discusses his biography of Abraham Lincoln and how he unified the country after a divisive election. Report Video Issue Go to Live Event Javascript must be enabled in ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. "Has the Lincoln theme been exhausted?" Witnessing the outpouring of books on Abraham Lincoln this year and in the recent ...

Fun fact: Feb. 12, 1809, is the birthdate for both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. While we tend to contemplate “The Great Emancipator” as fully formed well before he became the 16t… ...