Lincoln
Subtitle: a novel
By: Gore Vidal ; illustrated by Thomas B. Allen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Franklin Library
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Franklin Center, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 657
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Fiction; Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
Description: Lincoln is a masterwork of historical fiction, in which Gore Vidal combines a comprehensive knowledge of Civil War America with 20th-century literary technique, probing the minds and motives of the men surrounding Abraham Lincoln, including personal secretary John Hay and scheming cabinet members William Seward and Salmon P. Chase, as well as his wife, Mary Todd.
Notes: "This limited first edition ... has been privately printed, and personally signed by Gore Vidal, exclusively for members of the Signed First Edition Society"--Second prelim. leaf.