NOXX

Mystery Files

2

Overview

Abraham Lincoln. The man who rises from obscurity to become the 16th American President and arguably it’s finest. But on April 15th 1865 he becomes the first US President to be assassinated, leading to the creation of a legend that obscures his true personality. Experts Michael Burlingame, James McPherson and Harold Holzer investigate Lincoln, exploring his less well-known early life and how it drives his later actions. He grows up on the American frontier and has a poor rural upbringing - a far cry from the glory of the White House. Our experts reveal Lincoln’s strong dislike of this agricultural lifestyle and his overwhelming ambition to get out, to move up and escape his father’s legacy. At every spare opportunity Lincoln read books - he was one of the greatest autodidacts of his age, for he had greater ambitions than those of his father. He became a Politician and soon after a lawyer as well.

Abraham Lincoln S1E9

Previous Next

Episodes

Similar Series

S1 EP12
Normal People
8.1
Normal People
S2 EP6
Tiny World
7.9
Tiny World
S1 EP13
Backstrom
6.7
Backstrom
S15 EP23
Bobs Burgers
7.8
Bobs Burgers
S1 EP13
American Odyssey
7.3
American Odyssey
S1 EP10
The Pacific
7.8
The Pacific
S1 EP3
Serial Killer: Devil Unchained
6.7
Serial Killer: Devil Unchained
S2 EP6
Survivors
7.2
Survivors
S3 EP6
The Young Offenders
7.6
The Young Offenders
S6 EP16
White Collar
8.3
White Collar
S1 EP11
The Expecting
7.6
The Expecting
S3 EP13
Hannibal
8.2
Hannibal