Abraham Lincoln by Ida M. Tarbell is a richly detailed portrait of the sixteenth president of the United States, tracing his extraordinary rise from a modest frontier childhood to the highest office in the nation. Tarbell explores Lincoln’s early years, education, legal career, political development, personal character, and the qualities of determination and intelligence that carried him onto the national stage.


At the heart of the biography is Lincoln’s leadership during the American Civil War, when the survival of the Union and the future of slavery hung in the balance. Tarbell examines the political battles, military crises, Emancipation Proclamation, presidential election of 1864, and the enormous personal burden Lincoln carried as the country endured its bloodiest conflict. Her account also reveals the humor, melancholy, compassion, and moral seriousness behind the public figure.


Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano and The Rebellion, this production brings Tarbell’s classic biography vividly to life with clarity, dramatic energy, and historical atmosphere. Giuliano’s distinctive narration presents Lincoln not merely as an American icon, but as a complex human being whose courage, judgment, and enduring words helped reshape the United States.