The Real Lincoln

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War is a biography of Abraham Lincoln written by economic historian Thomas DiLorenzo in 2002. The biography differs from orthodox history books about Lincoln in presenting a severely critical view of his presidency.

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 * Articles, essays and reviews
 * Mises Review: "The Real Lincoln" by David Gordon, Spring 2002 (republished as Mises Daily here)
 * FFF review: "The Real Lincoln" by Richard M. Ebeling, August 2002
 * "DiLorenzo Is Right About Lincoln" by Walter E. Williams, March 2005
 * "The Real Lincoln" by Charley Reese, February 2005
 * "Dishonest About Abe" by Thomas L. Krannawitter, Spring 2002
 * "DiLorenzo and His Critics on the Lincoln Myth" by James Ostrowski, April 2003
 * "The Real Lincoln" by Walter E. Williams, April 2002
 * Mises Review: "A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War" by David Gordon, Spring 2001
 * The Free Market: "The Futility of Bureaucracy" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, August 2002
 * Mises Review: "A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War" by David Gordon, Spring 2001
 * The Free Market: "The Futility of Bureaucracy" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, August 2002
 * The Free Market: "The Futility of Bureaucracy" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, August 2002
 * The Free Market: "The Futility of Bureaucracy" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, August 2002


 * Other media
 * BookTV: The Real Lincoln lecture by Thomas DiLorenzo, May 2002
 * The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate debate transcript with Harry V. Jaffa & Thomas J. DiLorenzo, May 2002 (Mises Blog mention here)
 * The Real Lincoln lecture by Thomas DiLorenzo, March 2002 (YouTube)
 * Confronting the Lincoln Cult interview with Thomas J. DiLorenzo by Mises.org, June 2002
 * Lincoln's Tariff War audio video lecture by Thomas DiLorenzo, June 2006 (YouTube)
 * Lincoln and the Trimuph of Mercantilism audio video lecture by Thomas DiLorenzo, June 2006 (YouTube)
 * Lincoln vs. the Constitution audio video lecture by Thomas DiLorenzo, June 2006 (YouTube)
 * Abraham Lincoln interview with Thomas J. DiLorenzo by CSPAN, 2008 (YouTube)
 * Rethinking Lincoln lecture by Richard Gamble, May 1994 (YouTube)
 * Lincoln as Progenitor lecture by Thomas DiLorenzo, September 1997 (YouTube)
 * Lincoln's Tariff War lecture by Thomas DiLorenzo, January 2005 (YouTube)
 * The Lincoln Cult lecture by Thomas DiLorenzo, August 2006 (YouTube)
 * The Peter Mac Show: The Real Abraham Lincoln interview with Thomas DiLorenzo, May 2012


 * Related courses
 * The Great Centralizer: Lincoln and the Growth of Statism Mises Academy course by Thomas DiLorenzo