An illustrated study of Abraham Lincoln's reading life.

Few people in history are written about more than Abraham Lincoln, and deservedly so, for as America's sixteenth president he oversaw both…

This travelogue follows Tangye as he journeys through the newly unified South Africa in the early 1900s. He provides fascinating insights into the politics, economy, and daily life of the…

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

An official companion to Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln, this riveting history written for young readers by noted Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, explores Abraham Lincoln’s life, his evolving personal and political…

Presenting himself as a compromise presidential candidate to the New York Republican establishment, the little-known westerner gave and later exploited the most successful political speech in the nation’s history.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Comprised of papers delivered at a symposium sponsored by Harvard University’s Houghton Library, the Lincoln Forum, the Lincoln Group of Boston, and the Massachusetts Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in April…

An eminent Lincoln scholar examines the four months between Lincoln’s election and inauguration, when the president-elect made the most important decision of his coming presidency–there would be no compromise on…