![]() “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the president says at the time. ![]() In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTįebruary 1862. The long-awaited first novel from the author of Tenth of December : a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented ![]()
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