New biographies of Abraham Lincoln inevitably invite the question: Why does the world need another? It is said that only Jesus of Nazareth has been the subject of more books, and he had an 1,800 ...

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. The ...

Jon Meacham Highlights Abraham Lincoln’s Moral Code in a New, Essential Biography Meacham will discuss And There Was Light Oct. 23 Chris Scott, Chapter16.org Oct 18, 2022 ...

1. The author, a Clinton White House adviser, began a multivolume Lincoln biography with this atmospheric, authoritative curtain raiser. It reimagines the roiling political culture in which young ...

Lincoln prioritized democracy over his political future. A new biography explains why By Rachel Treisman Published October 18, 2022 at 4:01 AM CDT Listen • 7:01 Hulton Archive / Getty Images ...

There was the estimable “ Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer ” from Fred Kaplan in 2008 and the groundbreaking “ The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery ” by Eric Foner in 2011.

Third book in planned five-part series from local author Jan Jacobi, “Lincoln and Douglas” deals with Lincoln's historic debates with rival Stephen A. Douglas.

Jon Meacham’s excellent new biography, “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle,” illuminates how Lincoln’s personal growth and travails enabled him to lead a nation ...

Even a figure as exhaustively documented as Abraham Lincoln — whole tomes have been devoted to his marriage, his melancholy, his hats — remains in some essential way a mystery, the private man ...

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.

It's only fitting, then, that a bookstore devoted to Mr. Lincoln and his life would thrive in Chicago. Since 1938, Abraham Lincoln Book Shop has operated as part bookstore, part museum.