When President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary — in 1863, while in the White House — received a live turkey for the family to feast on at Christmas, their precocious eight-year-old son Tad ...

Tad Lincoln was always at his side,” Mr. Arroyo said. “And I started asking myself why, and as I dug into that, it helped me not only understand this bond between father and son that I think ...

Author and journalist Raymond Arroyo talks about his new book “The Magnificent Mischief of Tad Lincoln” and the impact a son had on a father during a time of war and division.