An extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most belovedâand most enigmaticâpresident in the years between his assassination and the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. Â Availing themselves of a vast collection of both published and never-before-seen materials, the authorsâthe fourth and fifth generations of a family of Lincoln scholarsâbring into focus the posthumous portrait of Lincoln that took hold in the American imagination. Told through the voices of those who knew the manâNortherners and Southerners, blacks and whites, neighbors and family members, adversaries and colleaguesâLooking for Lincoln charts the dramatic epilogue to Lincoln’s extraordinary life. Â During these years, as Americans struggled to understand their loss and rebuild their country, Lincoln’s legacy was still hotly debated. The authors take us through the immediate aftermath of the assassination; the private memories of those closest to the slain president; the difficult period between 1876 and 1908, when a tired nation turned its back on the former slaves and betrayed Lincoln’s teachings; and the early years of the twentieth century when Lincoln’s popularity soared as African Americans fought to reclaim the ideals he espoused. Â Looking for Lincoln will deeply enhance our understanding of the statesman and his legacy, at a moment when the timeless example of his leadership is more crucial than ever.

Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon

Arts & Photography

Philip B. Kunhardt III

Peter W. Kunhardt

Peter W. Kunhardt Jr.

Photography & Video

KNOPF

Examines Lincoln's role during the Civil War

Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr.

Historical

Gramercy

A biography of Abraham Lincoln chronicles his life and depicts him as president, military leader, politician, and family man, discussing his shortcomings and accomplishments. Tour.

Leaders & Notable People

Alfred.A. Knopf

If Abraham Lincoln was the great moral force of his age, Phineas Taylor Barnum was its great provider of joy. As one of the earliest practitioners of "the show business," Barnum dedicated his long career to alleviating the “severe and drudging practicalness” he considered the chief defect of American civilization. His remedy? A prodigious swarm of divas, minstrels, circuses, museums of curiosities, beauty pageants, sideshows, fat-baby and poultry contests – whatever it took to entertain his fellow citizens while making him one of his country’s first millionaires. With P.T. Barnum: America’s Greatest Showman, the Messrs Kunhardt rediscover the genius and vision of an unmatched impresario and entrepreneur. In vivid words and spellbinding pictures (more than 500 photographs, engravings, and color lithographs from 41 different archives), we meet a man of complex motives, a master of merchandise, an inveterate self-promoter often reviled for his opportunism. We meet the man who did NOT say "There’s a sucker born every minute"; whose best friends were clergymen; whose autobiography sold more than a million copies; who took a public leap through a flaming hoop to prove to the ASPCA that his performing horses were in no danger; who (allegedly) plotted with Samuel Clemens to lease a comet’s tail to take a million passengers on a guided tour of outer space. We meet the man who built his reputation – and his fortune – largely on the exoticism of others, but whose crowning moment as a member of the Connecticut state legislature came in a speech in favor of the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery: "A human soul is not to be trifled with. It may inhabit the body of a Chinaman, a Turk, an Arab or a Hotentot – it is still an immortal spirit!" There is no denying Barnum’s abiding influence, more than a century after his death, on our popular culture. For better AND for worse, we owe America’s irrepressible infatuation with show biz largely to him.

P. T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman

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