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 ...

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It... Lincoln prioritized democracy over his political ...

AND THERE WAS LIGHT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE by Jon Meacham, Random House, 676 pages, $40 Every generation gets its own Abraham Lincoln biography. But if time seems to move faster ...

"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 ...

Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham has set a high bar for himself in penning yet another biography of one of the most written-about personalities in human history. Most American readers believe they ...

The short and simple annals of the poor -- Young man on his own -- Frontier legislator: his love affairs -- Courtship and marriage -- Lawyer-politician -- The gentleman from Illinois -- Echoes of ...

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2025. There are 322 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On Feb. 12, 1999, the Senate voted to acquit ...

Abraham Lincoln, in a stirring call to spiritual unity amid the carnage of the Civil War, issued his emotionally powerful Thanksgiving proclamation on this day in history, Oct. 3, 1863. The president ...