And in “Brought Forth on this Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration,” the historian makes his case. Even Holzer, who’s written and edited more than 50 books — many of them ...

Most Americans think of Abraham Lincoln in hagiographic terms, the man who “saved” the United States from destruction. A closer look gives us a different ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the dissolution of the Union with all the political ...

Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

For this reason, if for no other, the fragmentary contributions of friends and foes, of newspaper writers and book-makers, towards a life of Abraham Lincoln, will be secure of readers. Originally ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...

Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln never spoke to one another in ... The print-obsessed Whitman loved toying with ideas for books and pamphlets, most of which were destined to remain nothing more ...