Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.

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Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.

A new biography by Jon Meacham portrays Abraham Lincoln navigating a country “roiled by debates about democracy and public life. ... President Abraham Lincoln sits for a portrait on Feb. 5, 1865.

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