lincoln, abraham

Describes the historical and mythical Lincoln.

Examines the many theories that have led to speculation that Lincoln's assassination was a conspiracy.

Follows the life of one of the best known presidents of the United States, from his birth in Kentucky to his assassination at the end of the Civil War.

Discusses the reasons for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and its impact on the institution of slavery and on the course of the Civil War.

A collection of all the known writings of John Wilkes Booth, consisting of nearly seventy documents including love letters, several statements of his political convictions, a twenty-page manuscript in which he declares his hatred for Abraham Lincoln, and the diary he kept while on the run after Lincoln's assassination.

Provides a history of Lincoln's place in American thought offering insight into evolution and struggles of American politics and society and into the character of Lincoln.

Louis J. Weichmann, one of the principal witnesses at the trial of the conspirators in the assasination of President Lincoln, tells the story of the plotting that took place in the boarding house where Weichmann lived.