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Daniel Mark Epstein talked about his book Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington, published by Ballantine Books. Among the topics he addressed were the two men’s views o…

Daniel Mark Epstein recounted the lives of President Lincoln’s secretaries and first biographers, John Nicolay, John Hay, and William Stoddard. Mr. Nicolay and Mr. Hay were able to write abo…

At the Lincoln Forum Symposium historians and Abraham Lincoln scholars discussed new books about Abraham Lincoln and his times. The panelists recommended or criticized many Lincoln-related b…

Mr. Epstein talked about his book, Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington, published by Ballantine Books. The poet first encountered the president in New York City on t…