I have a lot of Abraham Lincoln books. Too many for my shelves, it seems. While I read a dozen (or two) books about our 16th President every year, the fact remains that my collection outpaces my available time. Still, it remains a joy.
I’ve previously listed the Lincoln books I acquired in 2013. In this post I’ll list the books I’ve acquired in the first half of this year. And yes, I know that June still has a couple of weeks to go, but I’ve put myself on a moratorium (of sorts), at least until the end of the month. Check out the list below.
David J. Kent is currently working on a book about Abraham Lincoln’s interest in science and technology. He is also the author of Tesla: The Wizard of Electricity and a soon-to-be-released ebook on Tesla and Renewable Energy.
Here’s the list!
| Ambrose, Stephen E. | Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 | 2000 |
| Bacon, Benjamin W. | Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry, and Transportation Won the Civil War | 1997 |
| Barton, William E. | Abraham Lincoln And His Books | 1920 |
| Borritt, Gabor (ed) | The Gettysburg Nobody Knows | 1999 |
| Boritt, Gabor S. (ed) | Lincoln The War President | 1992 |
| Denenberg, Barry | Lincoln Shot: A President’s Life Remembered | 2008 |
| Fletcher, George P. | Our Secret Constitution: How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy | 2001 |
| Gary, Ralph | Following in Lincoln’s Footsteps: A Complete Annotated Reference to Hundreds of Historical Sites Visited by Abraham Lincoln | 2001 |
| Goodheart, Adam | 1861: The Civil War Awakening | 2011 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. | Personal Memoirs | 1999 |
| Haydon, F. Stansbury | Military Ballooning during the Early Civil War | 2000 |
| Herdon, William H. and Weik, Jesse William | Herndon’s Life of Lincoln | 1942 |
| Holzer, Harold | Lincoln: How Abraham Lincoln Ended Slavery in America | 2012 |
| Katcher, Philip | The Civil War Day By Day | 201 |
| Martin, Iain C. | Worthy of Their Esteem: The Timeless Words and Sage Advice of Abraham Lincoln, America’s Greatest President | 2009 |
| Miller, Richard Lawrence | Lincoln and his World: Prairie Politician 1834-1842 | 2008 |
| Mills, Eric | Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War | 1996 |
| Poleskie, Stephen | The Balloonist: The Story of T.S.C. Lowe – Inventor, Scientist, Magician, and Father of the U.S. Air Force | 2007 |
| Randall, J.G. | Mr. Lincoln | 1957 |
| Ross, Charles | Trial by Fire: Science, Technology and the Civil War | 2000 |
| Sandburg, Carl | Abe Lincoln Grows Up | 1956 |
| Stashower, Daniel | The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War | 2013 |
| Stoddard, William O. | Inside the White House in War Times: Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln’s Secretary | 2000 |
| Thomas, Benjamin P. | Lincoln’s New Salem | 1987 |
| Thompson, Frank | Abraham Lincoln: Twentieth Century Portrayals | 1999 |
| Waugh, John C. | One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln’s Road to the Civil War | 2007 |
| Widmer, Ted (Ed) | The New York Times Disunion | 2013 |
| Wilson, Douglas L. | Lincoln before Washington: New Perspectives on the Illinois Years | 1997 |
| Wilson, Douglas L. | Lincoln’s Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words | 2006 |
| Zeitz, Joshua | Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln’s Image | 2014 |
| Lincoln Takes Norfolk | 1983 |
