The Real Lincoln

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
Author(s)	Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Country	United States
Subject(s)	Biography, Politics, American Civil War
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Prima
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print
Pages	xiii, 333 p.
ISBN	9780761536413
OCLC Number	48817846
Followed by	Lincoln Unmasked

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.

See also

• Lincoln Unmasked
• What Lincoln Believed: The Values and Convictions of America’s Greatest President

Links

• 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
  • "Koreans Learn About ‘The Real Lincoln’" by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., August 2003
  • "Do Not Read ‘The Real Lincoln’" by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., January 2004
  • "Lincoln's Tariff War" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, May 2002
  • Mises Review: "A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War" by David Gordon, Spring 2001
  • "Lincoln and Bismarck: Enemies of Liberalism" by Adam Young, August 2002
  • The Free Market: "The Futility of Bureaucracy" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, August 2002
  • "Lincoln and Roosevelt: American Caesars" by John V. Denson, October 2011
  • "Gods, Generals, and Tariffs" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, February 2003
  • "Rethinking the American Union" by David Gordon, May 2012

• 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
    • "The Great Centralizer: Lincoln and the Growth of Statism in America" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo, December 2010

• The Real Lincoln at Wikipedia