The Lincolns by Daniel Mark Epstein

The Lincolns by Daniel Mark Epstein

Although the private lives of political couples have in our era become front-page news, the true story of this extraordinary and tragic first family has never been fully told. The Lincolns eclipses earlier accounts with riveting new information that makes husband and wife, president and first lady, come alive in all their proud accomplishments and earthy humanity. Award-winning biographer and poet Daniel Mark Epstein gives a fresh close-upview of the couple's life in Springfield, Illinois (of their twenty-two years of marriage, all but six were spent there), and dramatizes with stunning immediacy how the Lincolns' ascent to the White House brought both dazzling power and the slow, secret unraveling of the couple's unique bond.

The first full-length portrait of the marriage of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln in more than fifty years, The Lincolns is written with enormous sweep and striking imagery. Daniel Mark Epstein makes two immortal American figures seem as real and human as the rest of us.

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.

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ISBN 13	9780345478009
ISBN 10	0345478002
Title	The Lincolns
Author	Daniel Mark Epstein
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-01-13
Number of pages	592
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