A politician is up for reelection, holding firm to their moral convictions — however politically unpopular — in the pursuit of preserving an endangered democracy. Sound familiar? A new biography by ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical figure, gunned down by an assassin just days after winning the nation's bloodiest war. A Republican ...

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals,” her best-selling account of Abraham Lincoln and the former political foes who became members of his cabinet, has won the Lincoln Prize for an outstanding work ...

In this lesson, students interrogate their own assumptions about Abraham Lincoln in order to arrive at a deeper understanding of who Lincoln was. They investigate primary source documents in order to ...

DALLAS (Reuters) - A new double biography of two 19th century American icons has a special resonance this political season with the election of Barack Obama. "Giants: The Parallel lives of Frederick ...

''LINCOLN SHOT,'' screams the headline! ''Condition Considered Hopeless. Will Not Live Through the Night.'' So begins a gripping read for middle-graders ahead of the February bicentennial of Abraham ...