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George Tice, Lincoln, First Ed.

A Modern Take on Lincoln 

With Lincoln George Tice celebrates Abraham Lincoln and his influence on American Life. This book ... Read More

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Peter Cozzens, The Darkest Days of ...

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John Beatty, The Citizen-Soldier, 1st Ed.

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Raymond J. McKoski, David Davis, Abraham ...

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Philip H. Sheridan, Personal Memoirs, 1st ...

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Mike Peters, The Nixon Chronicles, Inscribed ...

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Abraham & Mary Lincoln, Sartain Print ...

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Charles Turzak, Abe Lincoln – Birth ...

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Gerald Ford, Baseball Signed

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Charles Turzak, Abe Lincoln, Woodcut Print

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Kevin M. Levin

A Glorious Fate

Airdate: 09/29/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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David A. Powell

The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 3

Airdate: 10/29/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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Walter Stahr

William Howard Taft: A Great American Life

Airdate: 11/12/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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Alphonso Iannelli Abraham Lincoln Bust

Iannelli Bust in Paris!

UPDATE: The Iannelli Bust has been added to Google Maps! UPDATE: Our own Bjorn Skaptason visited the Iannelli bust in person. Watch him talk about it! UPDATE: The bust is completed and installed in Paris! Read about the unveiling ceremony. UPDATE:  Thanks to Judy Barclay and the Paris-Chicago Sister City Committee the Iannelli bust is being replicated. The replica travelling to Paris! We ... Read More

A Look at Lakeside Classics

Richard Robert Donnelley opened his Chicago printing company in 1864. In 1870, he changed the name to Lakeside Printing and Publishing Company. Rising from the ashes of the 1871 fire, by 1901 they moved into their own building. Located in today’s Printer’s Row neighborhood, the building is architect Howard Van Doren Shaw’s very first design of a commercial building. The ... Read More