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Sitting in the dining hall or hanging out in the college bar, conversations with first or second-year Cambridge students flowed from British TV to the limitations placed on American history by its relative youth, and from the theory behind my chemistry research to the mannerisms of British men. One...
My own research on Lincoln began seven years ago, when I learned, much to my surprise, that the vital subject of his melancholy--which his friends uniformly identified as one of his chief characteristics--had been neglected for much of the 20th century. As I dug into the story, I...
Lincoln's Secretary, John Hay, described the mental torture of waiting for an hour with Secretary of State Seward and Lincoln in George McClellan's house for the general to return from a wedding. When McClellan finally did come back, he simply passed the room in which the President was...
Those unfamiliar with the events surrounding the assassination will find many such details in this book that will surprise them. Originally, for example, Booth plotted to kidnap the President by abducting him from a theater box during a command performance. Also, Lincoln's assassination was part of a larger plot...
Frankel's selection came as no surprise to insiders. In breaking the news to his editorial-board colleagues last Friday, Frankel joked, "Let me be the last to tell you. The rumors are true." A 34-year veteran of the newspaper, Frankel is well regarded by newsmen and is close...