These short essays expand on some of the topics treated in Lincoln's Body.  Click on the title to access the essay.  (Page numbers below refer to the footnotes in Lincoln's Body.)

A "New Find" in 2012
(p. 346, ch. 2, n. 5)

A Phrase for the Ages
(p. 350, ch. 2, n. 45)

When the Grieving Went Global
(p. 350, ch. 3, n. 2)

"Don’t Drown, Massa Abe, for God’s Sake!"
(p. 354, ch. 4, n. 8)

Lincoln’s First and Final Love? William Herndon’s Ann Rutledge
(p. 380, ch. 13, n. 12)

New York Times Essay Contest
(p. 369, ch. 9, n. 13)

Abraham Lincoln’s Nostalgia
(p. 373, ch. 10, n. 29)

 “And the Oscar Goes to . . . The Face of Lincoln”
(p. 376, ch. 11, n. 26)

“Mr. Lincoln Went Down to Beardstown," But Did He Pick Up Syphilis While He Was There?
(p. 380, ch. 13, n. 12)