NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian David S. Reynolds about his biography of Abraham Lincoln entitled Abe. In it, the acclaimed author reveals new information about the 16th president.

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. He liked to be called Lincoln, plain Lincoln, as one of his Illinois law associates reported. He ...

Samuel Wheeler gave a tour of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's vault and showed some of the books that made up the 16th president's personal book collection. The program ...

In his book, Jon Meacham aims to recraft a usable mythology of Abraham Lincoln for leaders in the 21st century, when dissension and talk of civil war have returned.

Ken Griffin bought an Abraham Lincoln–signed copy of the 13th Amendment, for $13.7 million, and the Emancipation Proclamation ...

A new exhibition—“Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print”—opened this week at the Grolier Club in New York City. Using books, documents and ephemera, the show follows Lincoln’s rise from a ...

Selected by Harold Holzer, the author, most recently of ‘Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration.’ ...

Please don’t say, “Not another Lincoln book!” It seems as though 12-15 new books about Abraham Lincoln hit the market each year, with another dozen volumes featuring George Washington.

Often considered our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie) is definitely written about the most. More than 16,000 books have been published since Lincoln's 1865 ...

US President Abraham Lincoln sits for a portrait on February 5, 1865. A new book details how Lincoln's thinking on immigration evolved. Alexander Gardner/Library of Congress/Getty Images ...

Abraham Lincoln Book Shop welcomes DNC visitors to Chicago 02:18. CHICAGO (CBS)—Chicago's connection to political conventions goes a long way, and a unique bookshop in the city has put together ...