We recommend the following books, Web sites and articles about Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, death and legacy.

Online Resources

• Abraham Lincoln Institute
• Abraham Lincoln Papers: A collaborative project of the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, 2002.
• Lincoln/Net: The Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
• Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators:  This website by Douglas Linder chronicles the details of the trial.
• Wet with Blood: The Investigation of Mary Todd Lincoln’s Cloak: Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University.
• Abraham Lincoln Research Site

Books

• Basler, Roy P., ed. Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2001.
• Burlingame, Michael. Abraham Lincoln’s Inner World. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
• Carwardine, Richard. Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power. New York: Vintage Books, 2007.
• Donald, David Herbert. Lincoln. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995.
• Donald, David Herbert and Harold Holzer, eds. Lincoln in The Times: The Life of Abraham Lincoln as Originally Reported in The New York Times. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005.
• Epstein, Daniel Mark. Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington. New York: Random House, 2004.
• Epstein, Daniel Mark. The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage. New York: Ballantine Books, 2008.
• Freedman, Russell. Lincoln: A Photobiography. New York: Clarion Books, 1987.
• Furgurson, Ernest. Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War. New York: Vintage Books, 2004.
• Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
• Gopnik, Adam. “Ages or Angels?: Lincoln’s Language and its Legacy.” The New Yorker, May 28, 2007.
• Grieve, Victoria. Ford’s Theatre and the Lincoln Assassination. Fort Washington, PA: Eastern National, 2005.
• Lee, Richard M. Mr. Lincoln’s City: An Illustrated Guide to the Civil War Sites of Washington. McLean, VA: EPM Publications, Inc., 1981.
• Leech, Margaret. Reveille in Washington: 1860 – 1865. Safety Harbor, FL: Simon Publications, 2001. (First published, Harper Brothers, 1941.)
• Swanson, James L. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. New York: Harper Perennial, 2006.
• Swanson, James L. and Daniel R. Weinberg. Lincoln’s Assassins: Their Trial and Execution. New York: William Morrow, 2006. (First published by Arena Editions, 2001.)
• Winik, Jay. April 1865: The Month that Changed America. New York: Harper Perennial, 2001.