Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President3 reviews Edward Steers Jr. University Press of Kentucky, 2007 A great resource + Dahlgren/Fitzpatrick Raid + Lincoln legends skewered This was such an engrossing and captivating book that I read it in only a couple of days. Of all of the many, many, many books already published about President Lincoln, this one is a most worthy addition to the canon. For many people who have grown up treasuring or swearing by urban legends or ...             House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, A Family Divided by War10 reviews Stephen Berry Houghton Mifflin, 2007 TRULY A "HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF" + Finally....something new + House of Abraham This is an entirely new perspective of the Lincoln family, specifically that of his wife's. While there is much known about Abraham Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as their oldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, who was the only child to live to a ripe old age, I know very little about the ...             This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War55 reviews Drew Gilpin Faust Knopf, 2008 Outstanding + Excellent historical reference book on the Civil War + Managing the Civil War dead made more dificult by the mystery + An important reminder of American history             Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance312 reviews Barack Obama Canongate Books, 2007 "Where's the Beef?" Plenty in this Bold Memoir + Read this in its context + Discovering Purpose + Worth reading about our next president             Lincolns Wrath9 reviews Jeffrey Manber, Neil Dahlstrom Sourcebooks, Inc., 2006 Maybe the Only Way This Account Can Be Heard + Habeas Corpus Denied + "The Civil War: When Even Printing Presses Were Disloyal" + Did Lincoln play by his own rules? + Well researched, interesting, thought provoking             Faith of My Fathers : A Family Memoir230 reviews John McCain, Mark Salter Harper Paperbacks, 2000 Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir + High recommendation + Awesome Written Experience + John McCain's Autobiography             The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-180047 reviews Jay Winik Harper, 2007 Quickly Becoming a Favorite The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 (P.S.) I stumbled upon this book while waiting for my tire installation at our local Costco and I'm glad I did. If you share a passion for this period Jay Winik brings a complete, world view to the times. He may not have ...             Lincoln's New Salem1 review Benjamin P. Thomas Southern Illinois University Press, 1988 Lives of Lincoln and neighbors intertwine This short but standard account of Lincoln's life in a western pioneer village may have been superceded by later examination of that experience, but Thomas provides a fine read. This book may be considered a supplement to his much-admired one volume biography of Lincoln.             Lincoln Revisited: New Insights from the Lincoln Forum (Lincoln Forum Books)1 review Harold Holzer, Dawn Vogel Copublished with the Lincoln Forum, 2007 A Good Visit The Lincoln Forum provides a continuing service to those of us with a fascination for the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. This book is a product of the Forum's good work, with chapters on diverse topics, albeit all related in some way to Mr. Lincoln, by many esteemed scholars. Given -- as ...             Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography6 reviews William E. Gienapp Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 Abraham Lincoln And Civil War America + Great Customer Service + magnificent! + My Captain!             Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War13 reviews Tom Wheeler Collins Business, 2008 The E-Mail of the Civil War + T-Mail--the 1800's EMail + Communications technology wins the Civil War! + A new means of communication + Moving Washington Electronically to the Battlefield             The Horrid Pit: The Battle of the Crater, the Civil War's Cruelest Mission2 reviews Alan Axelrod Carroll & Graf, 2007 It seemed like a good idea at the time....... + The Little Picture And, really, it was not that bad of an idea. Problem is, it didn't work, and caused around 5,000 needless casualties. Let us not forget, though, that it almost did work, and that it was a Confederate victory, as well as a monumental Union blunder. I saw this new release a couple of weeks ago, ...             What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States)26 reviews Daniel Walker Howe Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Well-deserved praise + Excellent entry in the Oxford series + What Hath God Wrought + Essential American History + An enjoyable history, but viewed through a modern moral lense ...             Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home4 reviews Matthew Pinsker Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 excellent and timely + Lincoln's Sanctuary in the Midst of the Storm of War + The First "Camp David" + Something new about Lincoln             Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President (Simon & Schuster Lincoln Library)15 reviews Harold Holzer Simon & Schuster, 2006 How Lincoln got creditable.... + The Basis of the Great American Savior + Lincoln at Cooper Union + Another side of Lincoln + "The Founding Fathers said . . ."             The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of ...5 reviews Roy Morris Jr. Collins, 2008 Douglas & Lincoln + Insightful and objective + The Rail Splitter and the Little Giant + The Competition that Made Lincoln President + Interesting history of the rivalry between Douglas and Lincoln             The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President14 reviews Julie M. Fenster Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 A gift + 1856...a very busy year for Mr. Lincoln! + The Forgotten Drama of 1856 + The Case of Abraham Lincoln             A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (P.S.)187 reviews Samantha Power Harper Perennial, 2007 Thorough Study of Genocide History + An important book to read + What About America's own Age of its Genocide? Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...             Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam3 reviews David Halberstam Hyperion, 2008 Wonderful Sports Writing + A Solid Collection In "Everything They Had," we get the lighter side of David Halberstam. A noted Pulitzer winning journalist and writer of contemporary history, he also wrote many books and articles about sports such as baseball, football, basketball, and fishing. Sports were the fun part of his life as a writer. In ...             A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World37 reviews Tony Horwitz Henry Holt and Co., 2008 journey long and strange + Myth trumps facts + A voyage long & strange + Review of "A Voyage Long and Strange" + Lots of information I had never heard