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The most enduring mystery of the Lincoln Administration concerns a certain dog....
To this day no one really knows much about the dog; his pedigree, his peculiarities of perception, his role in certain historic events, who he really belonged to even. But his presence in the White House remains one of the biggest mysteries of Abraham Lincoln's administration.
Lincoln's Doctor's Dog is a fanciful romp through history with Honest Abe, his knowing four-legged sidekick Cooper and a colorful cast of characters who run the gamut from Abner Doubleday to Ulysses S. Grant. A comic tour de farce by James O. Long, a veteran newspaperman with a keen sense of satire, an ear for brisk dialogue and an eye for shady politicians - and not just from yesteryear, if you catch his drift.
About the author
James O. Long is a Tennessee-born journalist and writer recommended many times for the Pulitzer Prize. Best-known for his investigative reporting, he was a staff writer for 41 years at The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Oregon. His work also has appeared in Newsweek and the Massachusetts Review. He co-authored a book, Killer: A Journal of Murder, with Thomas E. Gaddis (Birdman of Alcatraz) that was turned into a movie starring James Woods. He is a U.S. Navy veteran and a graduate of the University of Portland. He has lived in Portland since 1962 and has three children and two grandchildren.
