Jonathan W. White
About
Jonathan W. White is the Patrick C. Oxford Professor in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or editor of 23 books, including Measuring the Man: The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln (2025); A Great and Good Man: Rare, First-hand Accounts and Observations of Abraham Lincoln (2024); and A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (2022), which won the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. He serves as Vice Chair of The Lincoln Forum, on the Board of Directors of the Abraham Lincoln Association, and was a past president of the Abraham Lincoln Institute.
Press
My Day with Abe Lincoln – Historical Novel Society
Plotting to avoid another boring day at school, elementary-schooler Lucy Millaway decides to dress as absurdly as possible in hopes of being sent home. When she tops off her ensemble with a stovepipe hat from her brother’s magic kit, however,
Kids Meet a Famous President – Coastal Breeze News
There have been myriad books written about America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. In fact, there’ve been 16,000 thus far, according to noted historian and author Jonathan W. White, who’s chosen, in his most recent literary effort, a novel approach to