LINCOLN  X 5:

Learn More about One of America’s Greatest Presidents
on the Bicentennial of his Birth, 12 February, 2009

Biography
1. A. Lincoln: A Biography, by Ronald C. White. RH, 2009.
2. Abraham Lincoln, by George S. McGovern. Holt & Co., 2009.
3. Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power, by Richard Carwardine. Knopf, 2006.
4. Lincoln, by David Herbert Donald. S&S, 1995.
5. Abraham Lincoln: A Constitutional Biography, by George Anastaplo. R&L, 1999.

The Early Years
1. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, by Carl Sandburg. Harcourt, Brace & company, 1926.
2. The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln, by Kenneth J. Winkle. Taylor Trade, 2001.
3. Lincoln the Lawyer, by Brian R. Dirck. University of Illinois Press, c2007.
4. Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln, by Douglas L. Wilson. Knopf, 1998.
5. Lincoln’s Mothers: The Story of Nancy and Sally Lincoln, by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. Doubleday, 1981.

Road to the White House
1.The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to win the 1860 Republican Nomination, by Gary Ecelbarger. T. Dunne, 2008.
2. Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech that Made Abraham Lincoln President, by Harold Holzer. S&S, 2004.
3. Lincoln President-Elect : Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861, by Harold Holzer. S&S, 2008.
4. Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln, by Douglas L. Wilson. Knopf, 1998.
5. Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America, by Allen C. Guelzo. S&S, 2008.

Administration
1. The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, by Phillip Shaw Paludan. University Press of Kansas, 1994.
2. Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures. Oxford, 1992.
3. Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency, by John C. Waugh. Crown, 1997.
4. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. S&S, 2005.
5. President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman, by William Lee Miller. Knopf, 2008.

The Path to War
1. Lincoln & the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession, by Russell McClintock. Univ. of NC, 2008.
2. A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War, by Harry V. Jaffa. R&L, 2000.
3. One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln’s Road to Civil War, by John C. Waugh. Harcourt, 2007.
4. 1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant & the War they Failed to See, by Bruce Chadwick. Sourcebooks, 2008.
5. The Coming Fury, by Bruce Catton. Phoenix, 1961.

Commander-in-Chief
1. Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A biography, by William E. Gienapp. Oxford, 2002.
2. Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief, by James M. McPherson. Penguin Press, 2008.
3. 1864 : Lincoln at the Gates of History, by Charles Bracelen Flood. S&S, 2009.
4. Mr. Lincoln Goes to War, by William Marvel. HM, 2006.
5. Lincoln and his Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War, by Craig Symonds. Oxford, 2008.

Mr. Lincoln’s Best
1. Master of War: The Life of General George H. Thomas, by Benson Bobrick. S&S, 2009.
2. Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War, by Charles B. Flood. FSG, 2005.
3. Sheridan: The Life and Wars of General Phil Sheridan, by Roy Morris. Crown, 1992.
4. Lincoln’s Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut, by James P. Duffy. Wiley, 1997.
5. Winfield Scott Hancock: A Soldier's Life, David M. Jordan. Indiana University Press, 1996.

Slavery Issue
1. Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, by John Stauffer. Twelve, 2008.
2. The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics, by James Oakes. Norton, 2007.
3. Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney : Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers , by James F. Simon, S&S, 2006.
4. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation : The End of Slavery in America, by Allen C. Guelzo. S&S, 2004.
5. Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865, by William K. Klingaman. Viking, 2001.

Gettysburg & the Gettysburg Address
1. The Gettysburg Gospel : The Lincoln Speech that Nobody Knows, by G. S. Boritt, S&S, 2006.
2. Lincoln at Gettysburg : The Words that Remade America, by Garry Wills. S&S, 1992.
3. A New Birth of Freedom : Lincoln at Gettysburg, by Philip B. Kunhardt. LB, 1983.
4. Gettysburg, by Stephen W. Sears. HM, 2003.
5. The Gettysburg Campaign : June-July, 1863, by Albert A. Nofi. Combined Books, 1993 (Rev. ed.)
Text of the Gettysburg Address

Other Speeches and Writings
1. The Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln through His Words, by Ronald C. White. RH, 2005.
2. In Lincoln's Hand: His Original Manuscripts. Bantam, 2009.
3. Lincoln on Democracy: His Own Words. H&R, 1990.
4. Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A Treasury of his Greatest Speeches and Letters. Boyds Mills, 2000.
5. This Fiery Trial: The Speeches & Writings of Abraham Lincoln, by William E. Gienapp. Oxford, 2002.

Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln
1. Shattered Dreams : The Story of Mary Todd Lincoln, by David R. Collins. Reynolds, 1994.
2. The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage, by Daniel Mark Epstein. Ballantine, 2008.
3. Mrs. Lincoln : A Life, by Catherine Clinton. HarCol, 2009.
4. The House of Lincoln: Lincoln & the Toods—A family Divided by War, by Stephen Berry, HM, 2007.
5. Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship between a First Lady and a Former Slave, by Jennifer Fleischner. Broadway Books, 2003.

Assassination
1. Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by Edward Steers, Jr. Univ. of KY, 2001.
2. Murdering Mr. Lincoln: A New Detection of the 19th Century's Most Famous Crime, by Charles Higham. New Millennium, 2004.
3. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies, by Michael W. Kauffman.  RH, 2004.
4.  Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, by James L. Swanson. Morrow, 2006.
5. Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, by Kate Clifford Larson. Perseus, 2008.

A Modern Perspective
1. Lincoln Revisited : New Insights from the Lincoln Forum, Fordham University Press,c2007.
2. Why Lincoln Matters : Today More than Ever, by Mario Cuomo. Harcourt, 2004.
3. Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and his World. Norton & Company, c2008.
4. The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon. Oxford, 2001.
5. Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory, by Barry Schwartz. University of Chicago, 2000.

Miscellaneous
1. Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President. Addison-Wesley, 1993.
2. The Lincoln Mailbag: America Writes to the President, 1861-1865. Southern Illinois University Press, 1998.
3. Mr. Lincoln's T-mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War, by Tom Wheeler. HarCol, 2006.
4. Lincoln in The Times: The life of Abraham Lincoln, As Originally Reported in the New York Times. St. Martin's, 2005.
5. Lincoln Legends : Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with our Greatest President, by Edward Steers.  University Press of Kentucky, 2007.

Multi-Media
1. Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union.  A & E Home Video, 2004, 1996. [DVD 973.7092 Lincoln]
2. Mr. Lincoln The life of Abraham Lincoln. Teaching Co., 2005. [DVD B Lincoln M]
3. Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom. Inecom, 2005. [DVD 973.7092 Lincoln]
4. The Civil War. PBS Home Video, 2004, 1990. [DVD 973.7 Civil]
5. The Lincoln Assassination.  A & E Television, 2002, c1995. [DVD 973.7092 Lincoln]

WEBSITES
1. Abraham Lincoln Online
2. Abraham Lincoln biography at biography at Biography.com
3. Abrahan Lincoln information at POTUS
4. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC
5. American Civil War Homepage

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