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.

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.

Abraham Lincoln is known as one of America's greatest presidents. Turns out, he was also a cook who used to join his wife in the kitchen after work. In her new culinary biography of Lincoln, a ...

Abraham Lincoln is often admired for being the very model of the progressive politician, ... a visiting professor of history at UCLA and author of A. Lincoln, a new biography.

One of Abraham Lincoln’s little-noted accomplishments has become his most unlikely legacy. He helped create the modern international rules that protect civilians, prevent torture, and limit the ...

How exactly Lincoln got the idea is an episode that’s explored in Sidney Blumenthal’s new Lincoln biography A Self-Made Man. As Blumenthal tells it, Lincoln was stumping before the 1848 ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. ... President Donald Trump has compared his presidency with Lincoln's and commented on Lincoln's accomplishments frequently over the years.

A new biography by Jon Meacham portrays Abraham Lincoln navigating a country “roiled by debates about democracy and public life. ... President Abraham Lincoln sits for a portrait on Feb. 5, 1865.

Abraham Lincoln referred to it as "the ludicrous incident of sewing up the hogs eyes." "As a youngster he shot a wild turkey and was so disgusted he claimed he never again raised a weapon to kill ...

New Biography Of Lincoln's Secretary Of War Reveals A Resilient Man, Haunted By Grief. ... it's probably because of what he did after Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865.