Daniel Wolff’s new book, How Lincoln Learned to Read: Twelve Great Americans and the Educations that Made Them, was an editor’s choice at the Chicago Tribune, received a starred review from Kirkus calling it “a riveting, original examination of education inside and outside the classroom,” and was hailed by The Christian Science Monitor as “a terrific book… rich and thought-provoking.” His other work includes 4^th of July/Asbury Park: A History of the Promised Land, Grammy nominated liner notes for The Complete Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers cd, and producer credits on the forthcoming Jonathan Demme documentary about New Orleans, Right to Return.