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  • NEW Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason, by David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften, Civil War Book Reviews, winter 2011. Read review online.
  • NEW Washington: A Life, by Ron Chernow, American Spectator, June 2011. Read review online.
  • My Thoughts Be Bloody: The Bitter Rivalry between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth that Led to an American Tragedy, By Nora Titone, Civil War Times, March 2011. Read review online.
  • Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America, by Craig Shirley, American Spectator, December 2009-January 2010
  • House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, A Family Divided by War, by Stephen Berry, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 30, no. 2 (Summer 2009): 94-97.
  • Lincoln's Labels: America's Best Known Brands and the Civil War, by James M. Schmidt, Civil War Times, (October 2009): 62.
  • Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point, American Spectator, April 2009. Read review online.
  • "Six of the Top Recent Books on Abraham Lincoln," American Heritage, 59, no. 1 (Spring 2009): 70-74.
  • The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President, by Julie Fenster, Lincoln Herald, 110, no. 4 (Winter 2008): 301-302.
  • President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman, by William Lee Miller, America's Civil War, (September 2008): 64.
  • George Thomas: Virginian for the Union, by Christopher J. Einolf, Civil War Times, (August 2008): 68-69.
  • By Square and Compass: The Saga of the Lincoln Home, by Wayne C. Temple, Lincoln Herald, 110, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 72-73.
  • Did Lincoln Own Slaves? And Other Frequently Asked Questions About Abraham Lincoln, by Gerald J. Prokopowicz, America's Civil War, (March 2008): 63-64.
  • Meade's Army: The Private Notebooks of Lt. Col. Theodore Lyman, edited by David W. Lowe, Civil War Times, (February 2008): 61.
  • Mary: A Novel, by Janice Cooke Newman, Lincoln Herald 109, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 120-122
  • Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory, By Barry Schwartz
  • American Brutus, By Michael Kauffman


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