Jon Meacham’s excellent new biography, “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle,” illuminates how Lincoln’s personal growth and travails enabled him to lead a nation ...

THE search for new or unfamiliar human documents relating to Abraham Lincoln, which has been quickened by his approaching centenary, has met with many unexpected rewards.

Director on showing how sexual fluidity was accepted in Lincoln's time: "You know a love letter when you see it" ...

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.

LINCOLN.; The First Biography of Him, Now Extremely Scarce and Almost Unknown, Beautifully Reprinted.

Starring a three-time Oscar winner as the protagonist, the Steven Spielberg directorial is considered to be a 'masterpiece' ...

When Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, felled by an assassin’s bullet at the end of the Civil War, he left behind a considerable legacy. But Lincoln did not leave behind many descendants. In 1985, the ...

Abraham Lincoln's portrait, taken by Alexander Hesler in Chicago in 1857, and a brief autobiography of his life were included in “Abraham Lincoln," a biography written by Norman Hapgood in 1899 ...