Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President

In this beautifully designed volume, America's top Lincoln historians offer a diverse array of perspectives on the life and legacy of America's sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln's life -- from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865 -- these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on a defining leader. Extras include a timeline of Lincoln's life, brief biographies of the 56 contributors, and Lincoln's most famous speeches.

Author: Brian Lamb
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 04/27/2010
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.58w x 1.06d
ISBN13: 9781586487744
ISBN10: 1586487744
BISAC Categories:
- History | Essays
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)

About the Author
Brian Lamb is C-SPAN's chairman and CEO and longtime on-camera interviewer, noted for his just the facts style of interviewing. Many of the essays in this book are drawn from Booknotes, Lamb's long-running author-interview program, while others were conducted for C-SPAN's special history series on Lincoln and on the American presidency. Lamb lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Susan Swain is President & co-Chief Operating Officer of C-SPAN. For more than twenty-five years, she has been an on-air interviewer for the program. A regular moderator of Washington Journal, she's interviewed hundreds of members of Congress, policy experts, journalists, and several presidents. She lives in Northern Virginia.