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Abraham Lincoln Book List
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Biographical and historical works about Lincoln
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Lincoln's body : a cultural history
by Richard Wightman Fox
Describes the lasting respect, admiration and appreciation felt towards Abraham Lincoln 200 years after his death, revered by both blacks and whites as a down-to-earth, homely man who was both a “liberator” and a “conciliator.”
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Mourning Lincoln
by Martha Elizabeth Hodes
Describes the war weary nation's reaction to the assassination of President Lincoln, a varied set of emotions ranging from shock and sorrow to anger and glee.
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The hypo : The Melancholic Young Lincoln
by Noah Van Sciver
A debut graphic novel based on Abraham Lincoln's early years and his battle with depression shows how the Man Who Would Be President was driven by a desire to pull himself up by his bootstraps, overcome all obstacles and become the person he strived to be.
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Lincoln's citadel : the Civil War in Washington, DC
by Kenneth J Winkle
Describes the Civil War from Abraham Lincoln's point of view in Washington, D.C., chronicling how the president supported the fugitive slaves by tightening security and providing them with food, shelter and medical care and also personally comforted wounded troops during wartime.
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Abraham and Mary Lincoln
by Kenneth J. Winkle
Draws on family records to profile the Lincoln marriage as a well-matched partnership in spite of personal differences, offering insight into the contrasting childhoods of the 16th President and and Mary Todd, their shared responsibilities throughout the Civil War and the respective ways in which they managed personal setbacks.
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Honor's voice : the transformation of Abraham Lincoln
by Douglas L. Wilson
Examines how the sixteenth president transformed himself in the 1830s and 1840s from a backwoods storekeeper into a sophisticated political figure, a process that was seriously thwarted more than once.
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The Lincolns : portrait of a marriage
by Daniel Mark Epstein
A critical study of the personal and political lives of a remarkable American couple offers an insightful glimpse of the passionate, sometimes troubled marriage of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, from their early years in Illinois and their joys and sorrows as parents, to the White House years and Mrs. Lincoln's turbulent life following her husband's assassination.
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Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the character strengths and abilities that enabled his successful election above three accomplished candidates, in an account that also describes how he used the same abilities to rally former opponents in forming his cabinet and winning the Civil War. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No Ordinary Time.
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Abraham Lincoln : A Presidential Life
by James M. McPherson
An in-depth biography covers the life and political career of Abraham Lincoln discusses his humble beginnings in Kentucky, legal career as a young man, and impressive rise on the political stage, becoming president with less than half the popular vote and acting as Commander-in-Chief during the Civil War before being assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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Lincoln : the biography of a writer
by Fred Kaplan
An analysis of the literary life of the sixteenth president explores the ways in which his views were shaped by classic literature and how he used language as a vehicle for complex ideas and an instrument of change in both political and personal arenas.
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Lincoln's code : the laws of war in American history
by John Fabian Witt
A Yale historian and author of The Accidental Republic presents the story of the pioneering American role in establishing modern laws of war, recounting decades of controversy and debate that resulted in a code of conduct adopted by the 16th President in the final years of the Civil War that influenced subsequent military conflicts.
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A. Lincoln : a biography
by Ronald C. White
A definitive new biography of America's sixteenth president by the author of The Eloquent President offers a fresh interpretation of Lincoln as a man of integrity whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life, examining Lincoln's speeches, his changing ideas on slavery, his religious odyssey, and his role as Commander-in-Chief.
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The essential Abraham Lincoln
by Abraham Lincoln
A collection of the speeches and writings of one of America's most revered leaders presents Lincoln's thinking on the horrors of slavery, the anguish of the Civil War, and the struggles of leadership.
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