Lincoln’s Slow Walk

In August, with the death of David McCullough at the age of 89, Jon Meacham became the American king of what has been derided by the self-labeled Twitterstorians as "dad history" or "founders chic." To its critics, "dad history" has been given to "broad, ankle-deep books about U.S. history as a means of soothing the current American psyche." For everyone else, it's a readable history that people without expertise can enjoy during their free time.