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  1. The 15 Best Books on President Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln by Lord Charnwood. No other narrative account of Abraham Lincoln's life has inspired such widespread and lasting acclaim as Charnwood's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography. Written by a native of England and originally published in 1916, the biography is a rare blend of beautiful prose and profound historical insight.

  2. Ten Best Abraham Lincoln Biographies

    Abraham Lincoln books far outnumber those about any other US president. Here are ten of the best Lincoln biographies …. 1. Lincoln by David Herbert Donald. Many critics agree that if you are only going to read one Abraham Lincoln biography this is the one to read….

  3. The Best Biographies of Abraham Lincoln

    Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon by Larry Rohter. [Updated] Of the sixteen presidents whose biographies I've read so far, none have offered the variety of choices of Abraham Lincoln. Of the dozen Lincoln biographies I read, two were Pulitzer Prize winners, one is the second best-read presidential biography of all time, and six held ...

  4. Best Books (And Surprising Insights) On Lincoln : NPR

    Battle Cry Of Freedom. The Civil War Era. By James M. McPherson. Purchase. But Lincoln's political persona is but one dimension of the man. Andy Ferguson, senior editor of The Weekly Standard and ...

  5. The best books on Abraham Lincoln

    1 Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington by Ted Widmer. 2 Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words by Douglas L Wilson. 3 Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America by Garry Wills. 4 Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context, and Memory by Harold Holzer. 5 They Knew Lincoln by John E Washington.

  6. Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ən / LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defending the nation as a constitutional union, defeating the insurgent Confederacy, playing a major role ...

  7. Abraham Lincoln: Biography, U.S. President, Abolitionist

    Abraham Lincoln was the 16 th president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865, and is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his roles in guiding the Union through the ...

  8. Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (1861-65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.

  9. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

    An Amazon Best Book of November 2022: We live in a divided country, and so it makes sense to examine the man who was president when the nation suffered an actual schism. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Jon Meacham approaches Lincoln through his education and evolution as a thinker, setting those experiences in parallel with the practical work of politics, grounded by the reality ...

  10. Abraham Lincoln: Facts, Birthday & Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. His family moved to southern Indiana in 1816. Lincoln's ...

  11. Ten Best Abraham Lincoln Biographies

    10. Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln by Douglas Wilson. This Lincoln biography explores the early years of Lincoln's political career. "As Douglas L. Wilson shows us in Honor's Voice, Lincoln's transformation was not one long triumphal march, but a process that was more than once seriously derailed.".

  12. Best Books About Abraham Lincoln (108 books)

    The Hammer and the Anvil: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the End of Slavery in America. by. Dwight Jon Zimmerman (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 123 ratings. score: 84, and 1 person voted.

  13. The 20 Best Books about Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln's Battle with God: A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America by Stephen Mansfield. "Abraham Lincoln is the most beloved of all U.S. presidents. He freed the slaves, gave the world some of its most beautiful phrases, and redefined the meaning of America.

  14. The Best Books on President Lincoln

    Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (2003) and Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief (2008) by James M. McPherson. Though it is not a biography of Lincoln, Battle Cry of Freedom ...

  15. Abraham Lincoln

    This award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of Lincoln. Named One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by The Atlantic Named One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by Chicago Tribune ... In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the ...

  16. 'Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times,' by David S. Reynolds: An Excerpt

    The story Donald tells is by now familiar. Born in 1809 in a one‑room log cabin in frontier Kentucky, the son of undistinguished parents, Lincoln, with less than a year of formal schooling, rose ...

  17. Abraham Lincoln: A Biography

    Lord Charnwood's remains the best Lincoln biography. -- William Kristol, editor, The Weekly Standard ― The Weekly Standard. From the Back Cover. No other narrative account of Abraham Lincoln's life has inspired such widespread acclaim as Lord Charnwood's Abraham Lincoln: a biography. Many contemporary historians consider this thorough and ...

  18. David S. Reynold's Book 'Abe' Reveals New Information About Lincoln

    A new biography explores Lincoln's life, and while it is one of many, it comes from historian David S. Reynolds, author of acclaimed works on the 19th century. "Abe" follows a president who ...

  19. President Abraham Lincoln Biography

    War & Affiliation Civil War / Union. Date of Birth - Death February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865. Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States, was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. His family moved to Indiana when he was seven and he grew up on the edge of the frontier. He had very little formal education, but ...

  20. Abraham Lincoln

    Now in paperback, this award-winning biography has been hailed as the definitive portrait of Lincoln. Named One of the 10 Top Lincoln Books by Chicago Tribune. Named One of the 5 Best Books of 2009 by The Atlantic. Winner, 2008 PROSE Award for Best Book in U.S. History and Biography/Autobiography, Association of American Publishers.

  21. Ten Best Abraham Lincoln Biographies

    Abraham Lincoln books far outnumber those about any other US president. Here are ten of the best Lincoln biographies …. 2. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James McPherson. This Pulitzer-prize winner is a well-crafted narrative of Abraham Lincoln's presidency during the Civil War.

  22. Searching for the Real Abraham Lincoln

    Robert W. Merry, a former Washington correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and the chief executive of Congressional Quarterly, is the author of biographies of James K. Polk and William ...

  23. Jon Meacham's new Lincoln biography explores the president's

    A new biography by historian Jon Meacham examines the oft-discussed life and legacy of former President Abraham Lincoln through a very specific lens. American presidents continue to lionize ...