AND THERE WAS LIGHT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE by Jon Meacham, Random House, 676 pages, $40 Every generation gets its own Abraham Lincoln biography. But if time seems to move faster ...

"LINCOLN SHOT," screams the headline! "Condition Considered Hopeless. Will Not Live Through the Night." So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham ...

Biographers of Abraham Lincoln often described his father, Thomas Lincoln, in undesirable terms such as shiftless, ever-moving or "a good for nothing poor white." When I read the first part of the ...

''LINCOLN SHOT,'' screams the headline! ''Condition Considered Hopeless. Will Not Live Through the Night.'' So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham ...

Abraham Lincoln was an American politician from Kentucky. He was the second presidential candidate of the then-new Republican Party, following John Charles Frémont (1813 - 1890). He served as ...

DALLAS (Reuters) - A new double biography of two 19th century American icons has a special resonance this political season with the election of Barack Obama. "Giants: The Parallel lives of Frederick ...

Part one. His early years -- Earning a living -- His love affairs -- Legislator -- Mary Todd -- Lawyer and politician -- Congressman -- Family matters -- Returning to politics -- Joining the ...

The short and simple annals of the poor -- Young man on his own -- Frontier legislator: his love affairs -- Courtship and marriage -- Lawyer-politician -- The gentleman from Illinois -- Echoes of ...