While Google may be marking today as the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, many of us here at the UNC Press are thinking of another 200th birthday. Today marks the bicentennial birthday our our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, a reoccurring subject in many of our titles. Two titles in particular come to mind today. The first is Russell McClintock's "Lincoln and the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession". McClintock takes a fresh look at the varied responses to the South's decision to secede from the Union after Lincoln's election. Lincoln worked to guide...