Lincoln's Men - The President and His Private Secretaries

"An intimate portrait of Lincoln, so well-drawn that he seems to come alive on the page." -- Charleston Post & Courier Lincoln''s Men by Daniel Mark Epstein offers a fascinating close-up view of the Abraham Lincoln White House through the eyes of Lincoln''s three personal secretaries: John Nicolay, William Stoddard, and John Hay. Like Doris Kearns Goodwin''s monumental New York Times bestseller, Team of Rivals, Epstein''s Lincoln''s Men sheds a new light on the 16 th U.S. president--his brilliance and vision in a time of national turmoil and Civil War--by focusing on his relationships with the men who worked closely by his side. USA Today writes, "This is not your typical work of history. Epstein, a poet, employs a dreamy, novelistic tone in describing these young men and their tormented boss."

About the author

Daniel Mark Epstein has written more than fifteen books of poetry, biography, and history, including the award-winning Lincoln and Whitman and The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage, named one of the top ten books of the year by the Wall Street Journal and Chicago Sun-Times.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Mark Epstein
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2010
• EAN: 9780061565496
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156549-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: United States / General