Category: Lincoln
NY Times Reviews New Michael Burlingame Book on the Lincoln Marriage
Abe Lincoln and Mary Todd were the sort of power couple we now recognize in FDR and Eleanor or Bill and Hil. No major biography…
Historians Eric Foner and James Oakes Talk About Lincoln & The Anti-Slavery Constitution
Professor James Oakes of the City University of New York has a conversation with Eric Foner about Abraham Lincoln and the anti-slavery Constitution. Both are…
Heather Cox Richardson on the Republican Party in the Civil War & Reconstruction Era
Heather Cox Richardson did a gajillion-part series on the history of the Republican Party on Facebook Live over the summer. The first five hours cover…
New Curriculum Available on “Lincoln and the Jews”
The Shapell Foundation was the force behind a Civil War Sesquicentennial exhibition at the New York Historical Society on Lincoln’s interactions with the emerging Jewish…
Ted Widmer on How Lincoln Survived the Worst Election Ever
Professor Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge, has a piece in the New York Times today on Lincoln and the Election of 1860….
NY Times Reviews ABE: Abraham Lincoln in His Times by David S. Reynolds
This has been a good month for Abraham Lincoln with two new BIG books out on our most fascinating president. ABE: Abraham Lincoln in His…
NY Times Reviews New Book John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom by H. W. Brands
The New York Times Book Review reviews the new THE ZEALOT AND THE EMANCIPATOR John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom by…
David Blight: Don’t Tear Down the Lincoln Statue in Washington
David Blight has an op ed in the Washington Post contra calls to remove the statue of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator in D.C. Here…
Video: The Abolitionists and the Political Crisis of the 1850s from CUNY Abolitionist Conference
The next video in the series from CUNY’s great conference on Abolitionism is filled with heavy hitters talking about the political crisis of the 1850s….
Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment (Concise Lincoln Library) by Christian G. Samito
Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment (Concise Lincoln Library) by Christian G. Samito published by Southern Illinois University Press 188 pages (2015) Hardcover $24.93 Kindle $14.72. Lincoln…