The history of Abraham Lincoln and his enthrallment with spiritualism has never been more surprising than in Terry Alford‘s In the Houses of Their Dead.

Liveright
9781631495601
Liveright
9781631495601
The history of Abraham Lincoln and his enthrallment with spiritualism has never been more surprising than in Terry Alford‘s In the Houses of Their Dead.
Ten-year-old Tad Lincoln loved the theater, especially one animated performer he watched at a Washington, D.C., playhouse in 1863. "I'd like to meet that actor," he said. "He makes you thrill." Tad quickly got his wish: After the performance, the stage manager escorted him and his friend into the actor's dressing room, where John Wilkes…
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