![]() ![]() Author and historian Epstein (Lincoln and Whitman, The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage) has intimate knowledge of his subjects but little to drive the story beyond the chronological push of history meandering from man to man, his narrative isn't cohesive enough to hook casual history readers. ![]() The level of detail regarding the three secretaries is exhaustive beyond the interest of anyone but devoted American history scholars. Though their experiences in Lincoln's administration cast a poignant, personable light on the great president's working life, Epstein's work is far from accessible. ![]() Closer to Lincoln than almost anyone else, these trusted confidantes and advisers handled all of the president's correspondence, acted occasionally as spies and, between Nicolay and Hay, penned the most famous ""authorized"" biography of Lincoln. This meticulous triple biography looks at Lincoln's three private secretaries, John Nicolay, John Hay and William O. ![]()
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