The Haunting of Abraham Lincoln
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A man can be haunted in so many ways. With the end of the Civil War imminent, a spirit of celebration permeates the United States capitol, yet President Lincoln can’t shake his uneasiness. Plagued by uneasy dreams and ghostly visits from his son, Willie, Lincoln begins to question the realities of his life. Has he fulfilled his sole purpose, and if so, what’s next? Elsewhere in the city, John Wilkes Booth wrestles with his own demons as he moves closer and closer to an insistent calling to be the savior of the Confederacy. Two very different men, their destinies intertwined .In The Haunting of Abraham Lincoln, Kyle K. Wolfson takes a skeleton of facts and clothes it in the flesh and blood of what might have been, crafting a stirring tale of ambition gone wrong, promise cut short, and light that cannot be extinguished.