Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington (Ted Wilmer - LP) trucker Embattled Freedom reveals as never

Embattled Freedom reveals as never before the everyday experiences of these refugees from slavery as they made their way through the vast landscape of army-supervised camps that emerged during the war

a publicity campaign to locate the soldier's family swept the North

An appendix discusses depictions of the Custers' dogs in art

by Mark Nesbitt

Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington (Ted Wilmer - LP) trucker Embattled Freedom reveals as neverBy: Ted Widmer Widmer brings off his panoramic, almost mystical interpretation with riveting panache. His book is not only a historical achievement but a literary one. The Wall Street Journal A Lincoln classic superb. So much has been written about Abraham Lincoln that its rare when a historian discovers an episode in his life that, if fully developed and interpreted, yields important new insights. Ted Widmer has done just that The Washington Post As