About the Author

Harold Holzer is the senior vice president for external affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era, Holzer is the author, coauthor, or editor of twenty-three books - including The Lincoln Image, The Lincoln Family Album, and Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President - for which he has received numerous awards. He is the cochair of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Visit www.haroldholzer.com for more information.

Reviews

"Holzer has assembled a priceless collection of letters written to Abraham Lincoln while he was president. From his election to his assassination, Lincoln was deluged with unofficial correspondence from ordinary citizens pertaining to a wide variety of topics. . . . Delightfully literate."--Booklist

"Just when it appears that everything that could possibly be published about the presidency of Abraham Lincoln is already in print, along comes the remarkable Harold Holzer with yet another interesting and insightful volume."--Illinois Issues

"This work provides a fascinating account of the thoughts of a nation as directed to President Lincoln through correspondence."--Library Journal