Americans have looked to the Declaration of Independence when they sought to remedy contemporary problems and create new ...

From a genuine abolition point of view, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent, but measuring him by the sentiment of his country--a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to discuss--he ...

Doris Keons Goodwin is an American journalist and political commentator. She has worked at the White House and taught about the presidency at Harvard University. Goodwin has written several ...

“Loving Lincoln” encompasses the women he befriended, defended in divorce actions, those who wrote to seek pardons and government offices for their husbands, writers like Ida Tarbell, Ruth Painter ...

Kelli Simpkins, left, plays a teacher instructing young Abraham Lincoln (Brandon Dial) in Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of “Abe Lincoln in Illinois.” Simpkins plays Lincoln in his 40s in the ...

Judge David Davis was instrumental in Abraham Lincoln’s presidential nomination. David Davis, the Supreme Court justice, U.S. senator, and campaign manager for Abraham Lincoln, was not a very good ...

It seems like a new biography of President Abraham Lincoln comes out every few years, trying to discern new perspectives of his time and character. Lincoln himself didn't write much about his life, so ...

The film features Carl Sandburg discussing Abraham Lincoln, emphasizing Lincoln's enduring legacy and his profound impact on American history. Sandburg reflects on his long-standing fascination with ...

Is psychohistory—the telling of history utilizing psychological and primarily psychoanalytic insights—a valid psychological technique? While the answer to the question isn’t clear, there is no doubt ...