Getting to know Lincoln: New biographies mark bicentennial

Even though the Lincoln landscape already is populated with many books, several authors have found new ground to cover ahead of the 200th anniversary of his birth in February.

Here are some highlights:

Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer. Fred Kaplan.

Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief. James M. McPherson.

New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World. Edited by Eric Foner.