Sara Gabbard: Some of our readers already know, but for those who don’t: Why did Lincoln become your lifelong focus? Harold Holzer: The “why” is harder to isolate than the “how.” It began for me in a fifth grade classroom...
Lincoln Lore
Books: An Interview with Harold Holzer
Lost to History: Abraham Lincoln’s Act to Encourage Immigration
Lost to History: Abraham Lincoln’s Act to Encourage Immigration By: Jason H. Silverman Sometimes it’s difficult to believe that anything Abraham Lincoln did was lost to history. But historians have overlooked one of President Lincoln’s signature pieces of legislation, The...
Interview with Jason Emerson Regarding his new book, “Mary Lincoln for The Ages”
Interview with Jason Emerson Regarding his new book, “Mary Lincoln for The Ages” Sara Gabbard: Your book is defined as “an analytical bibliography.” Please explain how you chose this particular approach. Jason Emerson: This approach — this entire book, in...
An Interview with E. Lawrence Abel on Lincoln’s Assassination
An Interview with E. Lawrence Abel on Lincoln’s Assassination by Sara Gabbard An Interview with E. Lawrence Abel on Lincoln’s Assassination Sara Gabbard: Your book, A Finger in Lincoln’s Brain, presented a detailed analysis of the medical measures which were...
The Intellectual Milieu of Abraham Lincoln
The Intellectual Milieu of Abraham Lincoln By Allen C. Guelzo Abraham Lincoln was not a philosopher, or even what we might today call an intellectual. “Politics were Lincoln’s life,” William Henry Herndon told Jesse Weik in 1887, “and newspapers were...
From The Collection: Lincoln, Emancipation, and Civil Rights
Lincoln, Emancipation, and Civil Rights by Susannah Koerber
200 Years Later
210 Years Later By Ed Breen The Lincoln Memorial, Ed Breen In February of this year, we marked the 210th birthday anniversary of America’s secular saint, Abraham Lincoln, although it can be hard to separate it from the car, furniture,...
An Interview with Kate Masur on “They Knew Lincoln” by John E. Washington
An Interview with Kate Masur on “They Knew Lincoln” by John E. Washington by Sara Gabbard John E. Washington, c1941 LN-1137 Sara Gabbard: Who was John E. Washington? What brought him to your attention? Kate Masur: I first came across...
Interview with Jay Winik
Interview with Jay Winik by Sara Gabbard Cover of April 1865: The Month that Saved America, by Jay Winik, 2001 71.2009.084.13230 Sara Gabbard: Your book April 1865: The Month that Saved America is a “must read” for those intent on...
Edwin McMasters Stanton
Edwin McMasters Stanton by Frank J. Williams Edwin M. Stanton, 1861 LN-2113 Edwin McMasters Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on December 19, 1814. On the eve of achieving his life’s dream, chronic asthma caused his death on December 24,...
The Woman Who Found Lincoln at Gettysburg: Josephine Cobb of the National Archives
The Woman Who Found Lincoln at Gettysburg: Josephine Cobb of the National Archives By Mark B. Pohlad National Archives For nearly ninety years there were no known photographs of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg. That changed dramatically in 1952 when the...
An Interview with Harold Holzer on “Monument Man”
An Interview with Harold Holzer regarding his new book, Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French [“As one of the foremost living authorities on Abraham Lincoln, Harold Holzer has long straddled the crossroads of history and art with...
From The Collection: Lincoln Lore
Lincoln’s Magician: The Saga of Captain Horatio G. “Harry” Cooke
The author wishes to express his deep gratitude and appreciation to professional magicians par excellence, Dean Carnegie and Mark Cannon, for their crucial assistance with this article. They generously provided me with some very important primary sources and much needed...
An Interview with George Saunders, Author of Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders’ novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, is exhilarating and experimental. It was a New York Times and USA Today best seller, and it won the Man Booker Prize in 2017. It may make you cry in parts and laugh...
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