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Anne E. Marshall, The Life of ...

A Colorful and Complicated Reformer

With Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American ... Read More

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Richard Carwardine, Righteous Strife, 1st ed., ...

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Michael Vorenberg, Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle ...

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Arnold Whitridge, Rochambeau, 1st Ed.

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Gordon S. Wood, The Radicalism of ...

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Crawford B. Thayer, Black Hawk War ...

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Other Material VIEW ALL

Abraham Lincoln Campaign Cover, Postally Used

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Vinnie Ream, Two Cartes de Visitie

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Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Herndon Law Firm ...

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(Chicago Fire) William Shaw, The Great ...

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Abraham Lincoln, Autograph Free Frank, as ...

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Matthew Pinsker

Boss Lincoln

Airdate: 03/05/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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Lois Romano

An Inconvenient Widow

Airdate: 05/28/2026 @ 3:30 pm c

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Special Announcements

Alphonso Iannelli Abraham Lincoln Bust

Iannelli Bust in Paris!

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 are thrilled to play a small role in this ... 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