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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Publisher Comments Soon to be a major motion picture, Lincoln, from Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning writer Tony Kushner, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the President and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln. In this mega... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Publisher Comments Soon to be a major motion picture, Lincoln, from Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning writer Tony Kushner, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the President and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln. In this mega... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Publisher Comments The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history — how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America's Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Abraham Lincoln: A Presidential Life by James Mcpherson Publisher Comments Marking the two-hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's birth, this marvelous short biography by a leading historian offers an illuminating portrait of one of the giants in the American story. It is the best concise introduction to Lincoln in print, a must... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lincoln by David Herbert Donald Publisher Comments David Herbert Donald's Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever- expanding political circles in Illinois, and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865: Speeches, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings, Presidential Messages and Proclamations (Library of America) by Abraham Lincoln Synopsis With over 100,000 copies in print, here, with a new jacket for Lincoln's bicentennial, is the second volume in The Library of America's acclaimed, comprehensive edition of Lincoln's writings, featuring over 550 speeches, messages, proclamations, letters,... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk Publisher Comments A thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles. Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln's adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk's Lincoln's Melancholy... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (Library of America #192) by Harold Holzer Publisher Comments Abraham Lincoln has achieved an unrivaled preeminence in American history, culture, and myth. Here, for the bicentennial of his birth, Lincoln and his enduring legacy are the focus of nearly 100 major authors and important historical figures from his... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $14.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson Publisher Comments Combining magnificent historical research with a thrilling story, Manhunt describes the hourandndash;byandndash;hour details of the twelve days after Abraham Lincoln's assassination when various factions within the U.S. government andndash; and even some... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Commitment To Honor a Unique Portrait Of by Abraham Lincoln Publisher Comments No U.S. president has espoused and embodied virtues such as honesty, faith, determination, and character to the extent Abraham Lincoln did. In addition to his quotations on subjects such as leadership, honesty, faith, kindness, and liberty, A Commitment... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Lincoln Bicentennial Collection: 3-Volume Box Set by Harold Holzer Publisher Comments The Lincoln Bicentennial Collection contains three complete volumes of works by and about the 16th President. The first two books, the landmark Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832?1858 and Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859? 1865, which... (read more) List Price $99.95 Your price: $49.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography (Vintage Civil War Library) by William Lee Miller Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 470-492) and index.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lincoln for President: An Unlikely Candidate, an Audacious Strategy, and the Victory No One Saw Coming by Bruce Chadwick Publisher Comments The untold story of the drama, controversy, and incredible political genius of Lincoln's first presidential campaign In May of 1860, Republican delegates gathered in Chicago for their second-ever convention, with the full expectation of electing William... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $7.98 Used - Hardcover
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Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries by Daniel Mark Epstein Publisher Comments During the Civil War three intelligent, articulate young men served as Abraham Lincoln's secretaries. John Nicolay and John Hay lived in the White House across the hall from the president's office and, together with William Stoddard, spent more time... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stealing Lincoln's Body by Thomas J Craughwell Publisher Comments On the night of the presidential election in 1876, a gang of counterfeiters out of Chicago attempted to steal the entombed embalmed body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. The custodian of the tomb was so shaken by the incident that he willingly... (read more) List Price $16.50 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years & the War Years (Library of the Presidents) by Carl Sandburg Publisher Comments Civil War and history buffs--as well as all lovers of fine writing--will delight in the detail and accuracy of Carl Sandburg's definitive, best-known biography of Honest Abe. Representing a lifetime of study by the great American poet, Abraham Lincoln... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies by Michael W. Kauffman Publisher Comments It is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A deranged actor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre, escaped on foot, and eluded capture for twelve days until he met his fiery end in a Virginia tobacco barn. In the national... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner Publisher Comments Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) by James L Swanson Publisher Comments The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history — the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gettysburg Address (Penguin Great Ideas) by Abraham Lincoln Publisher Comments For the true bibliophile and design-savvy book lover, here is the next set of Penguin's celebrated Great Ideas series by some of history's most innovative thinkers. Acclaimed for their striking and elegant package, each volume features a unique type... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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