Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), was President of the United States during the Civil War (1861-1865). He is best known for saving the Union and abolishing slavery, and is an icon of American values.
Bibliography
Biographies
- Beveridge, Albert J. Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1858 (1928). 2 vol. to 1858; notable for strong, unbiased political coverage online edition
- Richard Carwardine. Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power ISBN 1-4000-4456-1 (2003), winner of the 2004 Lincoln Prize from Gettysburg College
- David Herbert Donald. Lincoln (1999) ISBN 0-684-82535-X, very well reviewed by scholars; Donald has won two Pulitzer prizes for biography
- William E. Gienapp. Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography by ISBN 0-19-515099-6 (2002), short online edition
- Allen C. Guelzo. Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President ISBN 0-8028-3872-3 (1999) online edition
- John Hay & John George Nicolay. Abraham Lincoln: a History (1890); online at Volume 1 and Volume 2 10 volumes in all; highly detailed narrative of era written by Lincoln's top aides
- Reinhard H Luthin. The Real Abraham Lincoln (1960), emphasis on politics
- Mark E. Neely. The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia (1984), detailed articles on many men and movements associated with AL
- Mark E. Neely. The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America (1993), Pulitzer prize winning author
- Stephen B. Oates. With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1994)
- James G. Randall. Lincoln the President (4 vol., 1945–55; reprint 2000.) by prize winning scholar
- Mr. Lincoln excerpts ed. by Richard N. Current (1957) online edition
- Carl Sandburg Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years (2 vol 1926); The War Years (4 vol 1939). Pulitzer Prize winning biography by famous poet vol1 online vol 2 online
- Benjamin P. Thomas; Abraham Lincoln: A Biography (1952) online edition
- Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Abraham Lincoln (1939), for children
Specialty topics
- Angle, Paul M., Here I Have Lived: A History of Lincoln's Springfield, 1821-1865, (1935) online edition
- Baker, Jean H. Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (1987) online edition
- Belz, Herman. Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era (1998)
- Boritt, Gabor S. Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream (1994). Lincoln's economic theory and policies
- Boritt, Gabor S. ed. Lincoln the War President (1994)
- Boritt, Gabor S., ed. The Historian's Lincoln U. of Illinois Press, 1988, historiography
- Bruce, Robert V. Lincoln and the Tools of War (1956) on weapons development during the war online edition
- Chittenden, Lucius E., Recollections of President Lincoln and His Administration, (1891). – Google Books
- Donald, David Herbert. Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era (1960)
- Donald, David Herbert. We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends Simon & Schuster, (2003).
- Don E. Fehrenbacher. "The Origins and Purpose of Lincoln's "House-Divided" Speech," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 46, No. 4. (Mar., 1960), pp. 615-643. in JSTOR
- Foner, Eric. Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War (1970) intellectual history of different prewar faction's in AL's party
- Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln ISBN 0-684-82490-6 (2005)
- Harris, William C. With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union (1997). AL's plans for Reconstruction
- Hendrick, Burton J. Lincoln's War Cabinet (1946) online edition
- Hofstadter, Richard. The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It (1948) ch 5: "Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth."
- Holzer, Harold. Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President (2004).
- Jaffa, Harry V.,A New birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War (2000) ISBN 0-8476-9952-8.
- McPherson, James M. Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution (1992)
- McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988). Pulitzer Prize winner surveys all aspects of the war
- Morgenthau, Hans J., and David Hein. Essays on Lincoln's Faith and Politics. White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs at the U of Virginia, 1983.
- Neely, Mark E. The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties (1992). Pulitzer Prize winner. online version
- Nevins, Allan. Ordeal of the Union 8-volume (1947-1971). 1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852; 2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857; 3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857-1859; 4. Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861; 5. The Improvised War, 1861-1862; 6. War Becomes Revolution, 1862-1863; 7. The Organized War, 1863-1864; 8. The Organized War to Victory, 1864-1865; most thorough coverage of the era, with Lincoln at center
- Ostendorf, Lloyd, and Hamilton, Charles, Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose, Morningside House Inc., 1963, ISBN 089029-087-3.
- Paludan, Philip S. The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1994), thorough treatment of Lincoln's administration
- Peterson, Merrill D. Lincoln in American Memory (1994). how Lincoln was remembered after 1865
- Polsky, Andrew J. "'Mr. Lincoln's Army' Revisited: Partisanship, Institutional Position, and Union Army Command, 1861–1865." Studies in American Political Development (2002), 16: 176-207
- Randall, James G. Lincoln the Liberal Statesman (1947).
- Richardson, Heather Cox. The Greatest Nation of the Earth: Republican Economic Policies during the Civil War (1997)
- Neil Schmitz. "Refiguring Lincoln: Speeches and Writings, 1832-1865," American Literary History, Vol. 6, No. 1. (Spring, 1994), pp. 103-118 in JSTOR
- Shenk, Joshua Wolf. Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness (2005).
- Kenneth P. Williams. Lincoln Finds a General: A Military Study of the Civil War (1959) 5 volumes on Lincoln's control of the war
- Williams, T. Harry. Lincoln and His Generals (1967).
- Wills, Garry. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America by ISBN 0-671-86742-3
- Wilson, Douglas L. Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln by (1999).
Lincoln in art and popular culture
- DiLorenzo, Thomas (2002). The Real Lincoln. ISBN 0-7615-2646-3.
- Lauriston, Bullard. F. (1952). Lincoln in Marble and Bronze. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
- Mead, Franklin B. (1932). Heroic Statues in Bronze of Abraham Lincoln: Introducing The Hoosier Youth by Paul Manship. Fort Wayne, Indiana: The Lincoln National Life Foundation.
- Moffatt, Frederick C. (1998). Errant Bronzes: George Grey Barnard's Statues of Abraham Lincoln. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press.
- Murry, Freeman Henry Morris [1916] (1972). Emancipation and the Freed in American Sculpture. Freeport, NY: Books For Libraries Press, the Black Heritage Library Collection.
- Petz, Weldon (1987). Michigan's Monumental Tributes to Abraham Lincoln. Historical Society of Michigan.
- Redway, Maurine Whorton; Bracken, Dorothy Kendall (1957). Marks of Lincoln on Our Land. New York: Hastings House, Publishers.
- Savage, Kirk (1997). Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race War and Monument in Nineteenth Century America. Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
- Tice, George (1984). Lincoln. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
Fiction
- Robert Emmet Sherwood; Abe Lincoln in Illinois: A Play in Twelve Scenes (1939) online version
- Gore Vidal. Lincoln ISBN 0-375-70876-6, a novel.
Film and Television
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) Joseph Henabery played Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln (1930) Walter Huston played Lincoln
- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Henry Fonda played Lincoln
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) Raymond Massey played Lincoln
- How the West Was Won (1962) Raymond Massey played Lincoln
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964) Jason Robards played Lincoln
- Sandberg's Lincoln (1974) Hal Holbrook played Lincoln
- The Blue and the Gray {1982) Gregory Peck played Lincoln
- Lincoln (1988) Sam Waterston played Lincoln
- The Civil War (1990) Sam Waterston played Lincoln
Primary sources
- Basler, Roy P. ed. (1953–55). Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 9 vols.. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press.
- Basler, Roy P. ed. (1946). Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings.
- Lincoln, Abraham (1989). Lincoln: Speeches and Writings, 2 vol Library of America edition.
- Lincoln, Abraham (2000). ed by Philip Van Doren Stern: The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln. Modern Library Classics.