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Chapters (44)
  1. Cover
  2. Also by Karen Joy Fowler
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. 1822
  6. Lincoln and the Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions
  7. BOOK ONE
  8. Rosalie
  9. Lincoln and the Cave of Gloom
  10. BOOK TWO
  11. Edwin
  12. Lincoln and the Merry-Begotten
  13. Lincoln and the Whigs at Sprigg’s
  14. Lincoln: Fathers and Sons
  15. Lincoln and Clay
  16. BOOK THREE
  17. Asia
  18. Lincoln and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  19. Lincoln and the Lost Speech
  20. BOOK FOUR
  21. Rosalie
  22. Edwin
  23. Asia
  24. Rosalie
  25. Edwin
  26. Lincoln Running
  27. Asia
  28. Lincoln Goes to Kansas
  29. BOOK FIVE
  30. The Election of Abraham Lincoln
  31. Edwin
  32. Lincoln and Willie
  33. Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
  34. Lincoln and the Dakota War
  35. Rosalie
  36. Asia
  37. Lincoln and Shakespeare
  38. Lincoln and the Final Act
  39. BOOK SIX
  40. April 15th, 1865
  41. Author’s Note
  42. Afterword and Acknowledgments
  43. About the Author
  44. What’s next onyour reading list?

I had brilliant feedback from my wonderful agents, Molly Friedrich and Lucy Carson, as well as crucial editorial input from the incomparable Sally Kim at Putnam. My assistant, Molly Zakoor, has been helpfully keeping me on track throughout. And Hugh, too. Always Hugh.

Of course, none of these people can be held accountable for any mistakes I may have consciously or unconsciously made. Those are entirely of my own doing and I expect to answer for them in the years to come.

About the Author

Karen Joy Fowler is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including The Jane Austen Book Club and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, which was the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.

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