Lincoln's Men by Daniel Mark Epstein

Lincoln's Men by Daniel Mark Epstein

"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 16th 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."

Daniel Mark Epstein is the author of biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Aimee Semple McPherson, Nat King Cole, and Edna St. Vincent Millay, as well as Aimee Semple McPherson, Nat King Cole, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. There are seven books of poetry by Vincent Millay. His poetry has published in magazines such as The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The Paris Review, among others. Epstein received the Rome Prize and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977 and 2006, respectively. Daniel Mark Epstein is a Baltimore resident. Daniel Mark Epstein's website is www.danielmarkepstein.com.