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Every generation gets its own Abraham Lincoln biography. But if time seems to move faster these days, then perhaps it is altogether fitting and proper that our generation should have so many.
Fun fact: Feb. 12, 1809, is the birthdate for both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. While we tend to contemplate “The Great Emancipator” as fully formed well before he became the 16t… ...
Deep dive into Abraham Lincoln, who sewed pigs' eyes shut, and his cruelty to/compassion for animals. In a campaign biography, Lincoln recalled a "humorous" tale in which he sewed pigs' eyes shut.
President Abraham Lincoln sits for a portrait on Feb. 5, 1865. (Alexander Gardner/U.S. Library of Congress via Getty Images) New biographies of Abraham Lincoln inevitably invite the question: Why ...
Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.
Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.
Starring a three-time Oscar winner as the protagonist, the Steven Spielberg directorial is considered to be a 'masterpiece' ...
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LINCOLN.; The First Biography of Him, Now Extremely Scarce and Almost Unknown, Beautifully Reprinted. Share full article. Sept. 8, 1900. Credit... The New York Times Archives.
Abraham Lincoln continues to have pop cultural moments 159 years after his time. After Page Six reported that a new documentary posits that the 16th American president was gay — and Broadway’s ...
Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.