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8 reviews
Philip B. III Kunhardt, Peter W. Kunhardt

Random House Audio, 1992

Brilliant narrative and photography of Abraham Lincoln
Philip B. Kunhardt is to be highly commended for this outstanding photographic history of Abraham Lincoln. Not only are the photographs captivating, but the narrative of Lincolns life and the important events during his lifetime are interesting and enhance this book. Many interesting stories go along with the photographs of Lincoln from his 40's to his last days, however the most interesting ...

P. T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman

5 reviews
Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt

Knopf, 1995

Beautifully done and incredibly informative
This book is one of those books that you love to look through, tons of pictures, nicely laid out. And not only is it aesthetically magnificant, but it is quite possibly the most extensive source of information on Barnum available anywhere. It also has a good index and is laid out in a way that makes all of the information easy to get to, without reading millions of pages of stuffy prose.

Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon
Philip B. Iii Kunhardt, Peter W. Jr. Kunhardt

Knopf, 2008

In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, an extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most beloved—and our most enigmatic—president in the years between his assassination and the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. A sequel to the enormously successful Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography, Looking for Lincoln picks up where ...

The American President

21 reviews
Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Neustadt, ...

HarperAudio, 1999

A masterpiece of layout and illustration.
As for the writing and scholarship of this book, I think the reviews that follow say it better than I can. (I do have some reservations about categorizing presidents outside of their chronological order. Perhaps the writers should have just stuck to a simple time-line.) Here are some of the impressive photos you will find in this volume. Some of them I have not seen in other books on the subject ...