Lincoln and Whitman
Subtitle: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: January 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780345458001
Subjects: History; Biography / Autobiography; History: American; Literary; Presidents & Heads of State; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); 19th century; Biography; Poets, American; Political culture; Presidents; United States
First sentence: Abraham Lincoln's law partner William "Billy" Herndon, thirty-nine, loved the birds and wildflowers of the prairie, pretty women, and corn liquor.