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October 01, 2023

REVIEW: Seeing Abraham Lincoln Through the Eyes of Others

October 01, 2023/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Seeing Abraham Lincoln Through the Eyes of Others

Steve Inskeep Looks at the 16th President from the Varied Perspectives of Those Who Knew Him

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October 01, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Abraham Lincoln, American Presidents
April 23, 2023

REVIEW: How Lincoln Won at the 1860 GOP Convention--and How it Paved the Way for What Followed

April 23, 2023/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: How Lincoln Won at the 1860 GOP Convention--and How it Paved the Way for What Followed

America’s Great Emancipator Could Also be a Wily Political Infighter

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April 23, 2023/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Abraham Lincoln, 1860 Republican Convention, Political Conventions
February 15, 2022

5 HOT BOOKS: Abe Lincoln's View of Peace, What Reality TV Says About Us, and More

February 15, 2022/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Abe Lincoln's View of Peace, What Reality TV Says About Us, and More

And How America’s Elites are Helping China

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February 15, 2022/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Abraham Lincoln, Reality TV, China
January 19, 2021

5 HOT BOOKS: Hockey Parents, Lincoln and the End of American Slavery, and More

January 19, 2021/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Hockey Parents, Lincoln and the End of American Slavery, and More

And an Explorer Who Bravely Battled Frozen Seas, Frigid Temperatures, and Polar Bear Attacks

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January 19, 2021/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Hockey, Abraham Lincoln, Slavery
September 28, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: A New Jimmy Carter Biography, Mr. Inside Washington, and More

September 28, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A New Jimmy Carter Biography, Mr. Inside Washington, and More

And an Insightful Look at How Abraham Lincoln Was Shaped by his Times

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September 28, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Jimmy Carter, James Baker, Abraham Lincoln
April 06, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: The Ominous Start of Lincoln's Presidency, the Rich History of Coffee, and More

April 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: The Ominous Start of Lincoln's Presidency, the Rich History of Coffee, and More

And a Biography of Doris Duke, the Billionaire Heiress and Philanthropist, who had a Complicated Life

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April 06, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Abraham Lincoln, Coffee, Doris Duke
March 09, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: "Pretty Bitches" Speak Out, Lincoln's Second Inauguration, and More

March 09, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: "Pretty Bitches" Speak Out, Lincoln's Second Inauguration, and More

And Honor Moore’s Engaging Memoir About Her Relationship with Her Remarkable Mother

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March 09, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Mysogengy, Abraham Lincoln, Memoirs
February 15, 2020

REVIEW: For Presidents Day, a Fine Book About Lincoln's Life Just Before He Took Office

February 15, 2020/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: For Presidents Day, a Fine Book About Lincoln's Life Just Before He Took Office

A Clear-Eyed Exploration of an Under-Examined Period in the Great Man’s Life

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February 15, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Abraham Lincoln, Presidents, Civil War
September 05, 2019

5 Hot Books: Abraham Lincoln as Politician, the Roots of the Opioid Crisis, and More

September 05, 2019/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Abraham Lincoln as Politician, the Roots of the Opioid Crisis, and More

And an Anthropologist Looks at America’s Student Debt Crisis

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September 05, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Abraham Lincoln, Fentanyl, Student Debt
February 12, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: An Oral History of 'Angels in America,' Hitler's Olympics, and More

February 12, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: An Oral History of 'Angels in America,' Hitler's Olympics, and More

And a Book of First-Hand Accounts of Black Men and Women Who Knew Abraham Lincoln

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February 12, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Angels in America, Hitler, 1936 Olympics, Abraham Lincoln, African-American History
May 08, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Elizabeth Warren's Call to Arms, Hemingway, and More

May 08, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Elizabeth Warren's Call to Arms, Hemingway, and More

And Abraham Lincoln at a Pivotal Moment in His Political Evolution

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May 08, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Elizabeth Warren, Abraham Lincoln
March 06, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A New Way to Look at Lincoln, Saving the Great Lakes and More

March 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A New Way to Look at Lincoln, Saving the Great Lakes and More

And a Liberian-Born New York Times Journalist Looks at Her Home Country

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March 06, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Abraham Lincoln, Environmentalism, Liberia
February 13, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Matt Taibbi on Trump's Rise, the Fall of an American Town, and More

February 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Matt Taibbi on Trump's Rise, the Fall of an American Town, and More

And George Saunders' Entrancing Abraham Lincoln Book

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February 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, Deindustrialization
October 09, 2016

Q&A: Jennifer Chiaverini on Her Novel About the Women in John Wilkes Booth's Life

October 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Jennifer Chiaverini on Her Novel About the Women in John Wilkes Booth's Life

Telling a Well-Known Story from an Unusual Set of Perspectives

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October 09, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Women in Literature
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