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There's still plenty to learn about Abe - honest
By MARGO HAMMOND
Published October 16, 2005
A reported 7,000 books have been published about Abraham Lincoln. In addition to Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin (see review, above), here are some other notable Lincoln titles out this year:
- Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk (Houghton Mifflin, $25, 368 pp)
Author Shenk: "The goal has been to see what we can learn about Lincoln by looking at him through the lens of his melancholy, and to see what we can learn about melancholy by looking at it in light of Lincoln's experience." Washington Post reviewer William Lee Miller: "He has effectively cast light in both directions."
- The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family by Jerrold M. Packard (St. Martin, $26.95, 304 pp)
More than 600,000 men were killed in the Civil War during Lincoln's presidency, but Packard focuses on the personal turmoil within the Lincoln family during those four years, including Mary Lincoln's instability and the death of their 11-year-old son from typhoid fever.
- Lincoln's Other White House: The Untold Story of the Man and His Presidency by Elizabeth Smith Brownstein (Wiley & Sons, $25.95, 272 pp)
On June 13, 1862, the Lincolns - Abraham, Mary and their two remaining sons, Tad and Robert - moved 3 miles north of Washington to a Gothic Revival cottage to escape the turmoil of Washington. Lincoln spent a quarter of his presidency at the house, even drafting the Emancipation Proclamation there, yet little has been written about it. This account begins to fill that gap.
- Lincoln's American Dream: Clashing Political Perspectives, edited by Kenneth L. Deutsch and Joseph R. Fornieri (Potomac Books, $60, 500 pp)
Thirty-three Lincoln scholars and political commentators address topics related to Lincoln: equality, political ambition, race and slavery, political leadership, religion, the Union and the role of the state.
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