One child is heard gasping and exclaiming, "Did Abraham Lincoln die?" as the rest of the class erupts into tears. Cal, clearly caught off guard, can be heard laughing in disbelief at the intense ...

The film features Carl Sandburg discussing Abraham Lincoln, ... Keywords Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln, biography, history ... I've studied over 200 kids—the ones with high emotional ...

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.