Attention Lincolniana aficionados: “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington” is one for your bookshelf. It is also a good one for us ordinary folks. The year was 1860 and the ink on ...

President-elect Abraham Lincoln departs Springfield, Ill., on Feb. 11, 1861, to travel to his inauguration in Washington. (Photo12/UIG/Getty Images) Review by Richard Moe So much has been written ...

The historian and White House advisor discusses his new book on Abraham Lincoln's epic 13 day train ride from Illinois to Washington D.C. as a president elect.