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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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2007
"An unexpected, odd-angle approach to Lincoln that proves marvelously insightful."
Through the lens of a sensational 1856 Springfield, Ill., murder case, a historian focuses on Abraham Lincoln the lawyer and politician, four years before his election to the presidency.
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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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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 1, 2004
"A superb addition to the field. (postscript, bibliography, places to visit, index) (Nonfiction. 10+)"
Through parallel narratives, Holzer tells the story of Lincoln's presidency and John Wilkes Booth's conspiracy to avenge the fall of the Confederacy.
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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. 12, 2002
"Well researched, wonderfully written, and at times extraordinarily moving. White's relatively small volume comes closer to finding the true spirit of Abraham Lincoln than many of the more celebrated biographies."
A thoughtful historical, cultural, and literary meditation on President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural address.
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