Lincoln Essays Published by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

The current issue of HISTORY NOW looks at Abraham Lincoln. Allen Guelzo examines the strategy that shaped the writing of the Emancipation Proclamation; Harold Holzer unravels the myth surrounding Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech; George Rable looks at the controversies surrounding the president’s religious views; David Reynolds explores Walt Whitman's admiration for Lincoln; and Douglas Wilson considers slavery as a political as well as a moral dilemma for the president.