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7.		Lincoln from Simon & Schuster Price: $13.60 Customer Review: We all know how the story of Lincoln tragically ends. Therefore it is a testament to the biographer's consummate writing talent that one still feels a sense of emotion and loss when he describes that night at the Ford Theater. In the six hundred pages that come before, he so perfectly captures... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness from Houghton Mifflin Customer Review: Anyone who suffers from depression should read this story. Lincoln was a man who learned how to overcome this illness to achieve great things for God and for himself. A very inspirational read.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart from Simon & Schuster Price: $21.12 Customer Review: The Army of Northern Virginia possessed more than its' share of large than life figures. Some of them have become American icons, while the balance is familiar to the Civil War community. Their images grace our artwork, books, and stamps or are the subject of movies. James Earl Brown Stuart is... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World from W. W. Norton Price: $18.45	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

11.		The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War from Three Rivers Press Price: $10.85 Customer Review: Prof Dilorenzo does a great service with this important book, offering welcome relief from what Edmund Wilson called the "romantic and sentimental rubbish" of the Lincoln idolaters. The veil of myth is lifted and underneath we see the father of the centralized leviathan, hypocritically hiding behind... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

12.		Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953 (The American Presidents Series) from Times Books Price: $14.96 Customer Review: Harry S. Truman's life story in a short, accessible biography. That's the premise of The American Presidents Series, and this is one of the most recent entrants in the stable. The late Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was the series editor. In his introduction to each book in this series, he says (Page xvi):... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

13.		The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams from The University of North Carolina Press Price: $60.00 Customer Review: It is a very good book, the reading is really good!!! I loved reading the letters between Jefferson and Adams!!!! The letters are very good!!!!	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

14.		America's Constitution: A Biography from Random House Price: $19.77 Customer Review: This is a remarkable book. The author's knowledge, insight, analysis and synthesis are amazing. There's too much to praise about it, so I'll just mention one aspect: Amar makes a very compelling case that from the beginning slavery was a disease spreading infection in our society and political... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

15.		The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage from Ballantine Books Price: $18.48 Customer Review: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was a poor Kentuckian who rose to national stature becoming elected our 16th President of the United States in 1861. Most lists of the best presidents place him at the top. His wife Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) was the daughter of the socially prominent Todd family of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

16.		Up from Slavery from Tantor Media Price: $43.79 Customer Review: i ordered Up from Slavery because I thought I needed to read it. However, I found I wanted to read it. I recommend it for all Americans. It was truely inspirational.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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