Where and How Lincoln Composed His Main Works
by D. Leigh HensonWhere and How Lincoln Composed His Main Works By D. Leigh Henson Lincoln’s numerous compositions encompass a remarkable range of purposes and genre, constituting a major field of study for academics in such diverse fields as history, political science, rhetoric, literature, and language. Recently, John Channing Briggs, Douglas L. Wilson, and Fred Kaplan have added […]
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Lincoln & Poetry
by Sara GabbardLincoln & Poetry Sara Gabbard In any scholarly biography of Abraham Lincoln, a reader will find countless references to this prairie lawyer’s love of poetry. I’m not sure that biographers will ever come up with a definitive explanation for this passion. Lincoln’s law partner William Herndon told the story that, once when they were on […]
Read MoreThe Hedgehog and the Fox: Lincoln’s Lyceum Speech for the Ages
by Jason EmersonThe Hedgehog and the Fox: Lincoln’s Lyceum Speech for the Ages By Jason H. Silverman The Sangamo Journal, on Saturday, January 27, 1838, advertised a lecture for that evening by the local lawyer “A. Lincoln, Esq.” Lincoln was little more than two weeks shy of his twenty-ninth birthday. He was single, sharing living quarters with […]
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An Interview with George Saunders, Author of Lincoln in the Bardo
by Craig KlugmanGeorge Saunders’ novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, is exhilarating and experimental. It was a New York Times and USA Today best seller, and it won the Man Booker Prize in 2017. It may make you cry in parts and laugh in some others. It will certainly make you think. The novel is written in usually […]
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Abraham Lincoln’s Cyphering Book
by Nerida Ellerston and M.A. Clementsby Nerida F. Ellerton and M.A. (Ken) Clements The oldest extant handwritten manuscript of Abraham Lincoln is his cyphering book, which comprised written solutions to arithmetic problems that he solved when he was at school. The most detailed description and analysis of the manuscript is to be found in chapter 6 of our book, Abraham […]
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