Abraham Lincoln in Fiction

This article addresses cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln.

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    I must save this government if possible. What I cannot do, of course I will not do; but it may as well be understood, once for all, that I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    ‘Throw down the ball, ye Jew’s daughter,
    Throw down the ball to me!’
    ‘Never a bit,’ says the Jew’s daughter,
    ‘Till up to me come ye.’
    —Unknown. Hugh of Lincoln (l. 13–16)

    ... any fiction ... is bound to be transposed autobiography.
    Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)