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Drawing from personal letters, official documents, and rare photographs, the author offers a look at the "tumultuous" 1863 and all the personalities of the year.

In this timely, provocative, and uplifting journey, the bestselling author of "Walking the Bible" searches for the man at the heart of the world's three monotheistic religions--and today's deadliest conflicts. "Abraham" uncovers fascinating,…

More has been written about Abraham Lincoln than about any other American. Yet very little of this literature sees Lincoln as he was in his times - as a man of ideas, as a man of deep intellectual curiosity about the raging political and economic…

Professor Douglas Wilson is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 8 July 2014. Wilson discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 29 March 1998, where he discussed his book "Honor's Voice: The Transformation of…

uthor Harold Holzer is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 19 June 2014. Mr. Holzer discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 22 August 1993, where discussed his book "The Lincoln Douglas Debates".

Matthew Pinsker is interviewed as part of the Booknotes Oral History Project on 13 February 2015. Mr. Pinsker discusses his appearance on C-SPAN's Booknotes program on 21 December 2003, where he discussed his book, "Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham…

Draws upon primary sources to chronicle the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and debunk myths that have shrouded the event, covering the planning of the murder and the investigation and executions that followed it.

The group attends a gathering for the Lincoln Forum. The Lincoln Forum seeks to enhance the understanding and preserve the memory of both Lincoln and the Civil War. Sokup and Buss are historic interpreters. Medford and Simon are historians.

Lincoln biographer David Herbert Donald, surrounded by Lincoln books, a Lincoln bust, and other materials he used in his book. "When I drove to his house for the photo session, " wrote Brian Lamb, "I discovered that Mr. Donald really does live on…

Author David Herbert Donald in his home office in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Dr. Harold Holzer is in his office at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, surrounded by memorabilia from the 1858 debates. Holzer's book inspired a C-SPAN re-creation of the seven historic Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Examines certain aspects of the life of Abraham Lincoln in the years between 1831 and 1842, presenting him as a stubborn youth, partial to off-color jokes, and prone to depression; and traces the process by which he rose from unskilled laborer to a…