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How did Abraham Lincoln come to power? This video traces Lincoln's rise within the context of 19th century America, with a ...
Starring a three-time Oscar winner as the protagonist, the Steven Spielberg directorial is considered to be a 'masterpiece' ...
WGLT talks to Raymond McKoski, the author of a new biography of David Davis, whose mansion and historic site in Bloomington attracts thousands of visitors visit each year. "David Davis: Abraham ...
LINCOLN.; The First Biography of Him, Now Extremely Scarce and Almost Unknown, Beautifully Reprinted.
Wonderful Lincoln biography for children with photographs Abraham Lincoln fascinates many Americans. This book is filled with photographs that help tell about Lincoln's life. Freedman is a good writer ...
An illustrated edition of Sandburg's definitive Lincoln biography, this volume makes a handsome gift for a Lincoln buff. Sandburg's original work covered six volumes and won a Pulitzer Prize, and ...
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 ...
Director on showing how sexual fluidity was accepted in Lincoln's time: "You know a love letter when you see it" ...
President Abraham Lincoln died on this day, April 15, 1865, about nine hours after he was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln and his wife had been watching a play at Ford's Theatre in D.C.