Most Americans think of Abraham Lincoln in hagiographic terms, the man who “saved” the United States from destruction. A ...

Lincoln acted swiftly, wielding more authority than any president before him: he appropriated $2 million from the Treasury for war materials without congressional approval; he called 75,000 ...

“The Lincolns had several Bibles in the White House, each in a convenient place so that they could be easily reached by the president ... this book traces every Biblical reference in the massive ...

Lincoln and the Civil War are still a touchstone for many ... author of Mourning Lincoln, a new book on the president’s death and its aftermath. “Lincoln’s funeral was like a stand-in ...

In 1860, Lincoln was the first ever president to be elected with less than 50% of the vote. In the election of 1864, he ran against George B. McClellan, in the midst of civil war. The United States ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...

The most surprising, perhaps because of the scope and complexity of the novel, is “Lincoln ... critics and book review editors to highlight more worthy works of literature. NBCC president ...

To that point, Clay Cane, host of SiriusXM Urban View, is out with a new book chronicling ... about 'Lincoln freeing the slaves.' Then, leaders in the party refuse to say the Civil War is about ...