Jonathan White is a professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University and an author. Historians and the general public regularly rank Abraham Lincoln as America’s greatest president.

1. The author, a Clinton White House adviser, began a multivolume Lincoln biography with this atmospheric, authoritative curtain raiser. It reimagines the roiling political culture in which young ...

Born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln rose to the presidency in 1861. Hulton Archive / Getty Images America’s presidential election is still more than a month away. In the meantime ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is unveiling a new exhibit and book this fall, highlighting Lincoln's life and legacy through a collection of 100 objects. The book, ...

CHICAGO (CBS)—Chicago's connection to political conventions goes a long way, and a unique bookshop in the city has put together a new exhibit featuring artifacts tied to the Republican National ...

America’s presidential election is still more than a month away. In the meantime, politicos can travel back in time and contemplate the life and legacy of the country’s 16th president: Abraham Lincoln ...