The Best Biographies of Abraham Lincoln

June 28, 2014

Of the sixteen presidents whose biographies I’ve read so far, none have offered the variety of choices of Abraham Lincoln. …

Review of “Abraham Lincoln: A Life” by Michael Burlingame

March 16, 2014

“Abraham Lincoln: A Life” is Michael Burlingame’s 2008 two-volume biography of our sixteenth president. Burlingame is the author or editor …

February 28, 2014

My journey through the best presidential biographies has now consumed 60 weeks, 64 biographies, 15 presidents and nearly 28,000 pages …