Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It... Lincoln prioritized democracy over his political ...

In this intriguing biography, English professor and literary biographer Kaplan (The Singular Mark Twain) analyzes Abraham Lincoln's writings, from the great civic anthems of his presidency to love ...

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN CONSISTING OF THE PERSONAL PORTIONS OF HIS LETTERS SPEECHESAND CONVERSATIONS COMPILED AND ANNOTATED BY NATHANIEL WRIGHT STEPHENSON ...

The short and simple annals of the poor -- Young man on his own -- Frontier legislator: his love affairs -- Courtship and marriage -- Lawyer-politician -- The gentleman from Illinois -- Echoes of ...

A politician is up for reelection, holding firm to their moral convictions — however politically unpopular — in the pursuit of preserving an endangered democracy. Sound familiar? A new biography by ...