The Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers: The Long and Winding Road to the Library of Congress by Michelle A. Krowl The history of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of...
Lincoln and Writing
The Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of Abraham Lincoln Papers: The Long and Winding Road to the Library of Congress
Where and How Lincoln Composed His Main Works
Where and How Lincoln Composed His Main Works By D. Leigh Henson Lincoln’s numerous compositions encompass a remarkable range of purposes and genre, constituting a major field of study for academics in such diverse fields as history, political science, rhetoric,...
Lincoln & Poetry
Lincoln & Poetry Sara Gabbard In any scholarly biography of Abraham Lincoln, a reader will find countless references to this prairie lawyer’s love of poetry. I’m not sure that biographers will ever come up with a definitive explanation for this...
The Hedgehog and the Fox: Lincoln’s Lyceum Speech for the Ages
The Hedgehog and the Fox: Lincoln’s Lyceum Speech for the Ages By Jason H. Silverman The Sangamo Journal, on Saturday, January 27, 1838, advertised a lecture for that evening by the local lawyer “A. Lincoln, Esq.” Lincoln was little more...
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...
Abraham Lincoln’s Cyphering Book
by Nerida F. Ellerton and M.A. (Ken) Clements The oldest extant handwritten manuscript of Abraham Lincoln is his cyphering book, which comprised written solutions to arithmetic problems that he solved when he was at school. The most detailed description and...