abraham lincoln grant (Wikimedia Commons) The Peacemakers . In less than two centuries, about 15,000 books have been written on Abraham Lincoln and his presidency.. Trying to weed through the ...

Two years ago, Paul Tetreault, director of Ford’s Theater in Washington, declared that there are more books written about Abraham Lincoln than any other person than Jesus Christ. The estimate ...

Samuel Wheeler gave a tour of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's vault and showed some of the books that made up the 16th president's personal book collection. The program ...

Ken Griffin bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, for $13.7 million, and the Emancipation Proclamation ...

Foner notes, however, that the book is not without its flaws — notably that Donald's portrayal of Lincoln may have been influenced by current events in the mid-'90s, particularly by President ...

Abraham Lincoln The romance between Abraham Lincoln and the publishing industry is so sublime, so hardy, that the celebration of an anniversary almost seems beside the point. Lincoln books sell in ...

Selected by Harold Holzer, the author, most recently of ‘Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration.’ ...

In his book, Jon Meacham aims to recraft a usable mythology of Abraham Lincoln for leaders in the 21st century, when dissension and talk of civil war have returned. (Salwan Georges/The Washington ...

Michael Burlingame presented Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award to Terry Alford, author of [Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth]. Following the presentation, Michelle Krowl provided ...

As for the book in Lincoln’s hands, it was a prop: a sample catalog found lying around the studio that father and son pretended to be reading. It was all part of Lincoln’s image-making.

A treasure trove of more than 130 books once owned by a renowned Abraham Lincoln biographer has been donated to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. Benjamin Thomas ...

1. This is still the best book on the Lincolns’ marriage, notwithstanding much new information that has come to light since its publication. W.A. Evans, a pathologist by training, conducted ...