A quick Google search will tell you there are over 15,000 books about Abraham Lincoln. Do we need another? Well yes, considering that none of them so far has been written by Jon Meacham who is one of America’s best biographers. “And There Was Light” has just been released. It is a most readable 420 page biography of our 16th President and it is timely. America is probably more divided now that at any time since Lincoln’s. Jon writes, “A President who led a divided country in which an implacable minority gave no quarter…has much to teach us in a twenty-first century moment of polarization.” Jon is a great conversationalist. At one point he says, "Some think I’m the love child of Mr. Rogers and Doris Kearns Goodwin.” How is that for a tease?
Books mentioned in this podcast:

And There was Light by Jon Meacham

The Soul of America by Jon Meacham

American Lion by Jon Meacham

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham

Franklin and Winston by Jon Meacham

His Truth is Marching On by Jon Meacham

American Gospel by Jon Meacham

The Hope of Glory by Jon Meacham

Destiny and Power by Jon Meacham

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

The Wise Men by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope

The Warden by Anthony Trollope

Emma by Jane Austen

The Chain by Adrian McKintey

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli