A film named "Lincoln" spreads specific expectations. The audience needs to be in touch with the man's life, needs to understand him and to get behind his motivations … more
Lincoln is my favorite film of 2012. It shows the determination of an American president to pass the thirteenth amendment. This is the amendment that outlaws slavery. Steven Spielberg … more
This movie had a lot of good individual parts: a really good cast, a great director, and a National icon. However, in sum this movie didn't live up to what it could be. The story … more
The movie examines Abraham Lincoln's (Daniel Day-Lewis) efforts to pass the 13th Amendment in the last few months of his life. It is a detailed account of his strategy and the negotiations of the … more
President Abraham Lincoln is perhaps one of the most loved, the most admired president in history. Put that together with director Steven Spielberg impressive resume, Daniel-Day Lewis in the title role … more
President Lincoln's August 24, 1855 letter to Joshua Speed is memorable for the intensive discussion of slavery, as well as views pro and con. Joshua Speed is considered to be … more
By the first of April, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln knew that at long last victory over the Confederacy was at hand. He was relieved and elated, but also deeply worried. How would the south react … more
The small Ford's theater is packed that Good Friday April night of 1865 and quivers with excitement and anticipation. Everybody knows that Lincoln and possibly General Grant will be attending "Our American … more
In my opinion, no biography of Abraham Lincoln can be complete without including some pictures of him. He was a rawboned man of the frontier, which was clear in the earliest picture of him, taken in 1846 … more
Somewhere deep in the recesses of my mind I remember reading about emancipation and reconstruction in my high school history class. To the best of my recollection, the sum total of the coverage … more
I'm sure it won't escape anyone who notices the sudden explosion of one-star "reviews" of "The First Assassin" [on Amazon.com] how many of those so-called "reviews" … more
It was an incident that I had never heard of or read about anywhere. Indeed, when I asked about a dozen friends and relatives not one of them had ever heard about it either. On Election Night … more
With this book, Thomas J. DiLorenzo continues his mission of taking a firehose to the feet of clay beneath America's martyr-saint. "Lincoln Unmasked" is an essential companion to the author's earlier … more
This book is so well written that it reads almost like a novel! I was immediately pulled into the narrative, and even though I knew how the book would end, I was mesmerized by the language and structure … more