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The case of Abraham Lincoln
a story of adultery, murder, and the making of a great president
By Fenster, Julie & Brinkley, Douglas
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-40397-635-2
- Publisher
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 15, 2007
Fenster uses the new complete edition of Lincoln's legal papers, as well as newspapers, letters, and memoirs, to weave a spellbinding tale of alleged adultery, murder, legal practices, personal rivalries, and political ambitions in the mid-1850s-and of Lincoln's emergence as a national political figure. In doing so, she brings us as close to the social and political culture of the day as possible. Although she relies too much on memoirs to depict a Lincoln much...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
