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The death of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, 1865. Coloured lithograph.

Abraham Lincoln. Photograph after Mathew B. Brady, 1864.

Lincoln and Darwin : shared visions of race, science, and religion / James Lander.

Was George Washington really the father of our country? : a clinical geneticist looks at world history / Robert Marion.

Angels and ages : a short book about Darwin, Lincoln, and modern life / Adam Gopnik.

Drawing on tragedy / by Mike Rhode.

His name was Mudd : the life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, who treated the fleeing John Wilkes Booth / by Elden C. Weckesser ; with a prefatory note by Richard Dyer Mudd.

Discoveries and inventions : a lecture / by Abraham Lincoln delivered in 1860.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Discoveries and inventions : a lecture / by Abraham Lincoln delivered in 1860.