NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 30, 2002
"Exemplary and illuminating, even for readers well versed in Lincolniana."
A fine, brief life of the Great Emancipator by the Australian novelist (
Woman of the Inner Sea, 1993, etc.) and biographer (
American Scoundrel, p. 31, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 5, 2008
"A creative thesis thoroughly explored and beautifully argued."
A member of the board of the Abraham Lincoln Institute and the Lincoln Studies Group examines the moral reasoning at the heart of the president's statecraft.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 19, 2012
"A marvel of history writing that makes complicated history clear and interesting. (selected bibliography, notes, picture credits) (Nonfiction. 9-14) "
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass met only three times, but their friendship changed a nation.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 14, 2008
"Extensive end notes round out an impressive volume. (bibliography, websites, a note on research, picture credits, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)"
Fleming's five-year immersion in letters, diaries, newspapers, speeches and other primary documents yields a monumental visual chronicle of Abraham and Mary Lincoln and their times.
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INDIE
Released: July 31, 2009
"A lucid, thought-provoking account of slavery's dark roots and vexed progress."
Slavery's malignant influence on American politics and constitutional law is illuminated in this probing historical study.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 7, 2006
"A meticulous account of crime and capture makes a distinguished and worthy addition to the legend Americans can't seem to read enough about."
Compelling narrative of John Wilkes Booth's desperate final days, from the co-author of
Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution (2001).
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