In his book, Jon Meacham aims to recraft a usable ... Review by John Fabian Witt Every generation gets its own Abraham Lincoln biography. But if time seems to move faster these days, then perhaps ...

WGLT talks to Raymond McKoski, the author of a new biography of David Davis, whose mansion and historic site in Bloomington ...

began a multivolume Lincoln biography with this atmospheric, authoritative curtain raiser. It reimagines the roiling political culture in which young Abraham Lincoln waged his earliest and most ...

Often considered our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie) is definitely written about the most. More than 16,000 books have ... of an admired biography of John ...

A new biography by historian Jon Meacham examines the oft-discussed life and legacy of former President Abraham ... book and their relevance to readers today, more than a century after Lincoln's ...

Jon Meacham’s excellent new biography, “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and ... of literacy acquired in what Lincoln called “A.B.C. schools” and any books he could hungrily consume ...

But in his new book And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle ... Light is not just a highly readable presidential biography. It is history with an urgent message.

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 ...

this is a modern classic about Abraham Lincoln (note: this is not a biography), his unlikely presidency and his cabinet comprising former political foes. The book received a great deal of ...

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American ... "This is my entire argument in the book.