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Lincoln’s Legacy
Author: Harold Holzer
As we approach the bicentennial of his birth, leading historians look at the man and his achievements
Lincoln And The Navy
Author: Craig L. Symonds
The president takes charge and directs a successful amphibious landing at Hampton Roads
If Lincoln Hadn’t Died...
Author: Eric Foner
Would the disastrous Reconstruction era have taken a different course?
Wall Street’s First Collapse
Author: Thomas Fleming
Speculators caused a stock market crash in 1792, forcing the federal government to bail out New York bankers— and the nation
Lincoln As Commander In Chief
Author: James M. McPherson
Even though he had no military training, Lincoln quickly rose to become one of America’s most talented commanders
Did Castro OK The Kennedy Assassination?
Author: Gus Russo, Stephen Molton
Incriminating new evidence has come to light in KGB files and the authors' interviews of former Cuban intelligence officers that indicates Fidel Castro probably knew in advance of Oswald's intent to kill JFK.
Lincoln & Douglass
Author: Stephen Kendrick, Paul Kendrick
The prairie lawyer president and outspoken abolitionist formed an unusual friendship
Lincoln The Orator
Author: Harold Holzer
Our most talented writer-president always wrote his own material and sweated hours over it