Introduction
The celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln bore great presents in form of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ movie and Eric Foner’s book, ‘The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery’. Both the book and the movie attempt to give their separate portrayal of America’s greatest protagonist, the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. Revered and respected by Americans from all over the country for his stand against slavery, Lincoln was a figure to respect, a politician to fear and a grand dramatist. Both Spielberg’s movie and Foner’s book attempt to reveal as much politically accurate account of ...