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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.
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