"Not since Carl Sandburg's 1926 Abe Lincoln Grows Up has a book so enthrallingly captured Lincoln's mundane upbringing."

John joins Dr. Michael Scheuer and Colonel Mike to talk about The Rail Splitter.

"Historical biographic fiction at its very best... A riveting read from start to finish."

The Rail Splitter "brings Abe alive unlike any other narrative."

John joins Merion West editor-in-chief emeritus Erich Prince to discuss The Rail Splitter and Old Abe.

"Sharing Stories: Authors talk how books inspire them"

John joins Bill to talk about The Rail Splitter and Lincoln.

Deal Hudson interviews John about Abraham Lincoln and The Rail Splitter

Pedro Echevarria interviews John about The Rail Splitter, Lincoln, and what Americans can learn from him today.

Abraham Lincoln's rise from a log cabin to the White House has inspired generations of Americans. Here, from our 16th president, are tips about some virtues and ideals that lead to success in life.

Dan talks with John about The Rail Splitter, Old Abe, and honoring Abraham Lincoln.

Rich and John talk about Lincoln and The Rail Splitter. Interview begins at 1:34:00

John joins Drew Mariani to discuss who Abe Lincoln was prior to the presidency. Interview begins at 29:00.

Mike and John talk about Lincoln and why he should be honored today. Interview begins at 36:45.

Matt interviews John about Lincoln and The Rail Splitter

Ed talks with John about The Rail Splitter, President's Day, and how Lincoln was an ordinary American who stepped up to duty when greatness was thrust upon him.

Andrew Keen talks to John about distinguishing between fact and fiction in Abraham Lincoln's unbelievable life and what all Americans can learn from the great man today.

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Presidents Day has come around again, so it’s a good time to take up my pen and scratch out a letter to you.

John Howell talks with John about Lincoln's life and legacy. Interview starts at 15:00.

Lincoln's Life in New Book 'Rail Splitter' Lauding the President 'a Model of Perseverance'

Seth interviews John about The Rail Splitter and Abraham Lincoln

"I love Lincoln. I want people to know him and hopefully love him as I do."

"Carl Sandburg has a competitor in his contemporary embodiment, John Cribb."

"Cribb tells the story of Abraham Lincoln as if talking about an old friend he has known since childhood."

"Readers find in The Rail Splitter the heart of the 16th U.S. President and the country that shaped him."

"Cribb brings young Abe to life with all his humanizing quirks and doubts."

Conversation with John begins at 18:25.

Mandy Catoe writes about John, The Rail Splitter, and Old Abe.

John joins host Ed Martin to talk about his new novel, The Rail Splitter.

John joins host Jack Roper and Jamarcus Jackson to talk about the launch of The Rail Splitter

"John Cribb's sweeping historical novel The Rail Splitter covers Abraham Lincoln's early days, charting his path from a rough-hewn log cabin to the White House."

John joins host Ed Martin to talk about his new novel, The Rail Splitter

John Cribb's article "What Abraham Lincoln would tell America's kids today" featured on Fox News Opinion.

John Cribb joins host Ed Martin to talk about Lincoln, Old Abe, and President's Day.

“Mornings with Gail” is hosted by longtime radio vet Gail Fallen, who gets you up and moving each weekday with the latest news, sports, weather ad commentary.

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Abraham Lincoln got one thing very wrong on Nov. 19, 1863, while dedicating a new military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, when he said the world "will little note, nor long remember what we say here." 

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Ed Martin is the New York Times best-selling author of the The Conservative Case for Trump. He’s a former CNN political contributor and has appeared on every major TV network and hundreds of radio stations. 

First Things is published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and educational 501(c)(3) organization.

John Cribb is interviewed on SC ETV's "By the River" with Holly Jackson. See the full interview below.

In five years, on July 4, 2026, Americans will observe the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, a milestone that carries a somewhat awkward name: the semiquincentennial.

Lincoln used the occasion to offer his thoughts about making the nation whole. Half-way into the speech, he touched on suffrage for Black people, saying, “I would myself prefer that it were now conferred on the very intelligent, and on those who serve our cause as soldiers.”

More than 2,000 entries spread across 55 genres were submitted for consideration. The Finalists were determined by Foreword's editorial team. Winners are now being decided by teams of librarian and bookseller judges from across the country.

Abraham Lincoln's birthday, February 12, kicks off this year's President's Day weekend. It comes at a time when Lincoln and other American icons are under attack.

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Abraham Lincoln was born 212 years ago this week, on Feb. 12 1809, and it is tempting in these divided times to wonder what he would think about events now taking place in Washington, D.C., and their effects on national unity, a subject always on Old Abe's mind.

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When former Vice President Joe Biden is sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, he would be wise to quote the words of President Abraham Lincoln's inaugural addresses of 1861 and 1865.

“[The President] got up and stepped to a window. The square was a mass of bodies whooping and singing by torchlight. ‘Hurrah for Old Abe!’ ‘God save the Union!’ A good many of them had sons, brothers, or husbands who had died here four and a half months before. Now, they had come to mourn and find purpose."

“Mr. Lincoln is already beaten. He cannot be elected. And we must have another ticket to save us from utter overthrow.”

This summer’s Republican National Convention was full of references to Abraham Lincoln, which is no surprise, given that Donald Trump likes to compare himself to the 16th president.

John Cribb’s forthcoming work, "Old Abe: A Novel," lets the reader be center stage in the life of one of America’s most prominent presidents through the last five years of his life during the Civil War.

While countless books have been written about President Abraham Lincoln, who came from a humble beginning, steered the country through a devastating Civil War, and then lost his life at age 56 to an assassin’s bullet, Cribb wanted to focus on Lincoln’s unexpected entrance into the highest position in the nation, as well as his character. 

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Of all the historic meetings that have taken place in the White House, surely one of the most significant came 157 years ago in August 1863, during the Civil War, when the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass sat down with Abraham Lincoln in the president’s office.