Lincoln Legends

"Succinctly and eloquently debunks 14 popular myths about the Great Emancipator''s life and death [with] solid documentation." —Publishers Weekly In the more than 150 years since his death, Abraham Lincoln has become America''s most revered president. The mythmaking about this self-made man began early, some of it starting during his campaign for the presidency in 1860. As an American icon, Lincol...