"LINCOLN SHOT," screams the headline! "Condition Considered Hopeless. Will Not Live Through the Night." So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham ...
A politician is up for reelection, holding firm to their moral convictions — however politically unpopular — in the pursuit of preserving an endangered democracy. Sound familiar? A new biography by ...
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 16th president, ...
In his book, Jon Meacham aims to recraft a usable mythology of Abraham Lincoln for leaders in the 21st century, when dissension and talk of civil war have returned. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post ...