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Booklists - Abraham Lincoln

2009 is the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Since his assassination, Americans have been fascinated with all things Lincoln—his humble beginnings, improbable rise to the presidency, and sudden death. More books have been written about Lincoln than about any other American! The library owns many interesting Lincoln titles. Here are a few of the best on all aspects of Lincoln's life and legacy.

General Biography
973.7 OST
Lincoln's Photographs: A Complete Album by Lloyd Ostendorf - 1998

Biography LINCOLN, A.
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years by Carl Sandburg - 1954

Biography LINCOLN, A.
The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America by Mark E. Neely - 1993

Biography LINCOLN, A.
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald - 1995

Biography LINCOLN, A.
Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power by Richard Carwardine - 2006

Biography LINCOLN, A.
Lincoln's Quest for Union: A Psychological Portrait by Charles B. Strozier - 2001

Biography LINCOLN, A.
Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller - 2002

DVD Biography LINCOLN, A.
Lincoln (History Channel) - 2006

Life before the Presidency

917.73 DAV
In Lincoln's Footsteps: A Historical Guide to the Lincoln Sites in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky by Don Davenport - 2nd ed., 2002

973.7 THO
Lincoln's New Salem by Benjamin Platt Thomas - new and revised ed., 1987

Biography LINCOLN, A.
Seventeen Years at Eighth and Jackson: The Lincoln Family in Their Springfield Home by Thomas J. Dyba - 1985

DVD Biography LINCOLN, A.
Young Lincoln: The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1816–1830 - 2005

Mary Todd Lincoln

973.7 EPS
The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage by Daniel Mark Epstein - 2008

973.7 VAN
Crowns of Thorns and Glory: Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis, the Two First Ladies of the Civil War by Gerry Van der Heuvel - 1988

Biography LINCOLN, M.T.
The House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, a Family Divided by War by Stephen William Berry - 2007

Biography LINCOLN, M.T.
The Madness of Mary Lincoln by Jason Emerson - 2007

The Presidency

973.7 GOO
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2005

973.7 MAC
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson - 2008

973.7 MIL
President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman by William Lee Miller - 2008

973.7092 CHA
The Two American Presidents: A Dual Biography of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis by Bruce Chadwick - 1999

Biography LINCOLN, A.
We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends by David Herbert Donald - 2003

Slavery and the Civil War

973.5 BUR
The Age of Lincoln by Orville Vernon Burton - 2007

973.7 FON
A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln by Eric Foner - 1990

973.7 PER
Lincoln's War: The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief by Geoffrey Perret - 2004

973.7 STR
Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery by Richard Striner - 2006

973.7 WIL
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by Garry Wills - 1992

973.71 MAR
Mr. Lincoln Goes to War by William Marvel - 2006

Speeches and Writings

973.5 LIN
Speeches and Writings: Speeches, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Abraham Lincoln - 1989

Biography LINCOLN, A.
The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln through His Words by Ronald C. White - 2005

Assassination

973.7 KAU
American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies by Michael W. Kauffman - 2004

973.7 SWA
Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James. L. Swanson - 2006

Biography LINCOLN, A.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot by Jim Bishop - 1983

Why Lincoln Matters

973.7 CUO
Why Lincoln Matters: Today More Than Ever by Mario Cuomo - 2004

973.7 PET
Lincoln in American Memory by Merrill D. Peterson - 1993

Fun Reads

973.7 FER
Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America by Andrew Ferguson - 2007

973.7 STE
Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President by Edward Steers - 2007

Websites

Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide (Library of Congress)

Abraham Lincoln Association

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Springfield, Illinois)

Lincoln Home National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

Abraham Lincoln Research Site (Especially useful for students)

Prepared by Bonnie Reid, November 2008