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New Non-Fiction Lincoln Books

Lincoln books are still rolling off the presses, with no end in sight. The following are just some of the new non-fiction titles or new editions of older books. Inclusion on this page, however, does not constitute an endorsement. For older titles consult the Lincoln Bookshelf.

Latest Arrivals

  • Havers, Grant N. Lincoln and the Politics of Christian Love. University of Missouri Press, November 2009.

  • Page, Elwin and Pride, Mike. Abraham Lincoln in New Hampshire. Monitor Publishing Co. November 2009.

  • Kunhardt, Philip B. III, Kunhardt, Peter W., Kunhardt, Peter W. Jr. Lincoln, Life-Size. Knopf, November 2009.

  • Elmore, A. E. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Echoes of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer. Southern Illinois University Press, October 2009.

  • Hartranft, John F.; Edward Steers Jr. and Harold Holzer, editors. The Lincoln Conspirators. Louisiana University Press, March 2009.

  • McPherson, James M. Abraham Lincoln: A Presidential Life. Oxford University Press, February 2009.

  • Epstein, Daniel M. Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries. Collins, February 2009.

  • Good, Timothy S. Lincoln for President. McFarland, January 2009.

  • Rubenstein, Harry R. and The National Museum of American History. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life. Smithsonian Institution Press, January 2009.

  • Guelzo, Allen C. Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Ideas. Southern Illinois University Press, January 2009.

  • White, Ronald C. A. Lincoln: A Biography. Random House, January 2009.
    Washington Post Review

  • Schwartz, Barry. Abraham Lincoln and the Post-Heroic Era. University of Chicago Press, January 2009.

  • Emerson, Jason. Lincoln the Inventor. Southern Illinois University Press, January 2009.

  • Clinton, Catherine. Mrs. Lincoln: A Life. Harper, January 2009.
    Washington Post Review

  • Kostyal, Karen. Abraham Lincoln's Extraordinary Era. National Geographic, January 2009.

  • Selected 2008 Non-Fiction Titles

  • Prokopowicz, Gerald J. Did Lincoln Own Slaves? And Other Frequently Asked Questions about Abraham Lincoln. Pantheon, January 2008.

  • Guelzo, Allen. Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America. Simon & Schuster, February 2008.
    Washington Post Review
    Interview: Lincoln and Douglas in Debate

  • Miller, William Lee. President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman. Knopf, February 2008.
    Washington Post Review

  • Volkmann, Carl and Roberta. Springfield's Sculptures, Monuments, and Plaques. Arcadia Publishing, February 2008.

  • Frederickson, George M. Big Enough to be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race. Harvard University Press, February 2008.

  • Lincoln, Abraham. The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases. University of Virginia Press, April 2008.

  • Epstein, Daniel M. The Lincolns. Ballantine Books, May 2008.
    Wall Street Journal Review
    Baltimore Sun Review
    New York Times Review
    Washington Post Review

  • McCreary, Donna. Lincoln's Table: A President's Culinary Journey from Cabin to Cosmopolitan. Lincoln Presentations, June 2008.

  • Larson, Kate C. The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln. Basic Books, June 2008.
    Washington Times Review

  • Bartelt, William E. There I Grew Up: Remembering Abraham Lincoln's Indiana Youth. Indiana Historical Society, July 2008.

  • Lehrman, Lewis E. Lincoln at Peoria. Stackpole Books, July 2008.

  • Capps, Mike, and Ammeson, Jane. Indiana's Lincolnland. Arcadia Publishing, August 2008.

  • Davis, Rodney O. and Wilson, Douglas L., editors. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition. University of Illinois Press, August 2008.

  • Krannawitter, Thomas L. Vindicating Lincoln: Defending the Policies of Our Greatest President. Rowman & Littlefield, August 2008.
    Claremont Institute Review

  • Ecelbarger, Gary. The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination. Thomas Dunne Books, September 2008.

  • McPherson, James M. Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief. Penguin Press, October 2008.
    New York Times Review
    Washington Post Review
    Lincoln Prize Winner

  • Lachman, Charles. The Last Lincolns: The Rise and Fall of a Great American Family. Union Square Press, October 2008.

  • Jampoler, Andrew. The Last Lincoln Conspirator: John Surratt's Flight from the Gallows. Naval Institute Press, October 2008.

  • Symonds, Craig L. Lincoln and His Admirals. Oxford University Press, October 2008.
    Washington Post Review
    Lincoln Prize Winner

  • Lamb, Brian and Swain, Susan, editors. Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President. PublicAffairs, October 2008.

  • Holzer, Harold. Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861. Simon & Schuster, October 2008.

  • Kaplan, Fred. Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer. Harper, October 2008.
    Washington Post Review
    New York Times Review

  • Kline, Michael J. The Baltimore Plot: The First Conspiracy to Kill Abraham Lincoln. Westholme Publishing, November 2008.

  • Reinhart, Mark. Abraham Lincoln on Screen. McFarland, November 2008, 2nd edition.

  • Stauffer, John. Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Twelve Publishing, November 2008.

  • Kunhardt, Philip B., Kunhardt, Peter W. and Kunhardt, Peter W. Jr. Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon. Knopf Publishing, November 2008.
    New Yorker Review
    Christian Science Monitor Review

  • Pitch, Anthony. "They Have Killed Papa Dead" Steeforth, December 2008.
    Washington Post Review

  • Burlingame, Michael. Abraham Lincoln: A Life. The Johns Hopkins University Press, December 2008.
    Author Interview
    C-SPAN Book TV Interview

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