Abraham Lincoln: A Reading List

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 196,286 ratings
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Leadership: Past, Present & Future
Leadership: Past, Present & Future 4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Lincoln
Lincoln 4.19 avg rating — 48,072 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President (Library of Religious Biography
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President (Library of Religious Biography 4.19 avg rating — 420 ratings
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Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President
Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President 4.22 avg rating — 947 ratings
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America 4.16 avg rating — 8,535 ratings
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Lincoln’s Sense of Humor
Lincoln’s Sense of Humor 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World
Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World 3.89 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion
Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us about the Art of Persuasion 3.57 avg rating — 7,084 ratings
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Conversations with Lincoln: Little-Known Stories from Those Who Met America's 16th President
Conversations with Lincoln: Little-Known Stories from Those Who Met America's 16th President 4.26 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,906 ratings
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The Political Culture of the American Whigs
The Political Culture of the American Whigs 4.14 avg rating — 83 ratings
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The Soul of Abraham Lincoln
The Soul of Abraham Lincoln 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America 4.16 avg rating — 193 ratings
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The Murder of Abraham Lincoln
The Murder of Abraham Lincoln 3.95 avg rating — 388 ratings
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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery 4.18 avg rating — 6,497 ratings
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Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency
Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency 3.96 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Lincoln in American Memory
Lincoln in American Memory 3.84 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address 4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief 4.09 avg rating — 5,895 ratings
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Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Leadership: In Turbulent Times 4.40 avg rating — 15,453 ratings
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Lincoln and His Admirals
Lincoln and His Admirals 4.22 avg rating — 474 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln: A Life
Abraham Lincoln: A Life 4.57 avg rating — 260 ratings
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A. Lincoln
A. Lincoln 4.30 avg rating — 20,122 ratings
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Decapitating the Union: Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin and the Plot to Assassinate Lincoln
Decapitating the Union: Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin and the Plot to Assassinate Lincoln 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Mourning Lincoln
Mourning Lincoln 3.69 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, #1)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 138,163 ratings
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The Fight for Freedom
The Fight for Freedom 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Staking Claims to a Continent: John A. Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the Making of North America
Staking Claims to a Continent: John A. Macdonald, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and the Making of North America 3.85 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House
Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House 3.72 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Inside the White House in War Times: Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln's Secretary
Inside the White House in War Times: Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln's Secretary 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln 3.70 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
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Lincoln's Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 - April 8, 1865
Lincoln's Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 - April 8, 1865 4.28 avg rating — 221 ratings
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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War 4.18 avg rating — 50,524 ratings
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The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia
The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons
Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons 3.60 avg rating — 139 ratings
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Lincoln's Photographs - A Complete Album
Lincoln's Photographs - A Complete Album it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War
Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War 3.55 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Herndon's Lincoln
Herndon's Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 190 ratings
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"We are Lincoln Men": Abraham Lincoln and His Friends
"We are Lincoln Men": Abraham Lincoln and His Friends 3.98 avg rating — 404 ratings
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Lincoln Speeches
Lincoln Speeches 4.29 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Lincoln's New Salem
Lincoln's New Salem 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings
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An Honest Calling: The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln
An Honest Calling: The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Lincoln's Herndon
Lincoln's Herndon 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Lincoln's Preparation for Greatness: The Illinois Legislative Years
Lincoln's Preparation for Greatness: The Illinois Legislative Years 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Congressman Abraham Lincoln.
Congressman Abraham Lincoln. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Abe & Fido: Lincoln's Love of Animals and the Touching Story of His Favorite Canine Companion
Abe & Fido: Lincoln's Love of Animals and the Touching Story of His Favorite Canine Companion 3.75 avg rating — 119 ratings
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A Fierce Glory: Antietam--The Desperate Battle That Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery
A Fierce Glory: Antietam--The Desperate Battle That Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery 4.27 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America
Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America 3.99 avg rating — 407 ratings
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Who's That Man with Mr. Lincoln, Mommy?
Who's That Man with Mr. Lincoln, Mommy? liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Lincoln Road Trip
Lincoln Road Trip 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream
Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln 4.29 avg rating — 771 ratings
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Lincoln's Pathfinder: John C. Frémont and the Violent Election of 1856
Lincoln's Pathfinder: John C. Frémont and the Violent Election of 1856 3.70 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer 3.87 avg rating — 781 ratings
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The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army
The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army 4.11 avg rating — 280 ratings
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Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War 4.13 avg rating — 736 ratings
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Prelude to Greatness: Lincoln in the 1850s
Prelude to Greatness: Lincoln in the 1850s 4.26 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Lincoln
Lincoln 4.19 avg rating — 48,072 ratings
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Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate
Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer 4.16 avg rating — 34,157 ratings
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Lincoln's Rise to Power
Lincoln's Rise to Power liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln 4.08 avg rating — 3,188 ratings
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The First Lincoln Campaign
The First Lincoln Campaign liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico 3.97 avg rating — 1,746 ratings
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The Election of 1860: "A Campaign Fraught with Consequences"
The Election of 1860: "A Campaign Fraught with Consequences" 3.97 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Speeches and Writings 1832–1858
Speeches and Writings 1832–1858 4.39 avg rating — 1,502 ratings
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The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln 3.91 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Lincoln and the Patronage
Lincoln and the Patronage it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Speeches and Writings 1859–1865
Speeches and Writings 1859–1865 4.43 avg rating — 732 ratings
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era 4.40 avg rating — 33,175 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution 4.13 avg rating — 1,244 ratings
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Lincoln
Lincoln 4.25 avg rating — 9,731 ratings
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Lincoln and His Generals
Lincoln and His Generals 4.18 avg rating — 771 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln Comes Home
Abraham Lincoln Comes Home 4.02 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Lincoln Finds A General - Volume One
Lincoln Finds A General - Volume One 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness 3.92 avg rating — 6,578 ratings
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Lincoln Finds a General - Volume Two
Lincoln Finds a General - Volume Two 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt 4.10 avg rating — 769 ratings
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Lincoln Finds A General -Volume Three - Grant's First Year in the West
Lincoln Finds A General -Volume Three - Grant's First Year in the West 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities 3.82 avg rating — 10,910 ratings
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Lincoln Finds a General, Volume 4
Lincoln Finds a General, Volume 4 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Constitutional Problems under Lincoln
Constitutional Problems under Lincoln 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln
The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln 3.61 avg rating — 652 ratings
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Lincoln's Constitution
Lincoln's Constitution 3.75 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln 4.07 avg rating — 561 ratings
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The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties 3.53 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Lincoln Dreamt He Died: The Midnight Visions of Remarkable Americans from Colonial Times to Freud
Lincoln Dreamt He Died: The Midnight Visions of Remarkable Americans from Colonial Times to Freud 2.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Looking at Lincoln
Looking at Lincoln 4.06 avg rating — 2,161 ratings
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Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln 4.23 avg rating — 1,074 ratings
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With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union
With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy
Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy 4.02 avg rating — 3,719 ratings
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The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln
The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln 3.92 avg rating — 246 ratings
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Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural 4.13 avg rating — 1,066 ratings
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The Hammer and the Anvil: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the End of Slavery in America
The Hammer and the Anvil: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the End of Slavery in America 3.72 avg rating — 124 ratings
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The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies
The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies 3.58 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era
Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era 4.02 avg rating — 200 ratings
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Selected Speeches and Writings
Selected Speeches and Writings 4.22 avg rating — 320 ratings
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Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man 4.11 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
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Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power
Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power 3.95 avg rating — 203 ratings
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