Lincoln
A Biography

Until I was in my late 20's, I did not know my second oldest brother very well. About that time, however, circumstances in life brought us together and we found that we shared a deep and abiding love of books. He moved to Denver in 1992 from Los Angeles and every time I was there visiting we would g......more

I have read many books on Lincoln and the Civil War. This book is among the most accurate and complete among them all. The photos are marvelous, and the narrative provides a full understanding of the man and his marvelous work to save the union and restructure the political and social fabric of the......more

Highly recommended... ...as a stand alone book but even more so as a supplement to be read in conjunction with another biography of Lincoln (I highly recommend "With Malice Toward None" by Oates). The photos are incredible, some very well known, others exceptionally rare and unique. The text is above......more

A must read! It contains every known picture of Lincoln, and many of the people around him. The authors are descendants of Frederick Hill Meserve, who was the first American collector of photography and his specialty was Lincoln. The book is so detailed that it covers his presidency by devoting two......more

This 1992 coffee table-sized book is a companion volume to an ABC documentary of that time. It's based on the largest collection of Lincoln photos and materials owned by the Kunhardt family. The over 700 illustrations document Lincoln throughout his political career and include a month by month summ......more