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The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President (1st Edition) by Julie M. Fenster, Douglas Brinkley (Foreword), Professor Douglas Brinkley Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-230-60809-4 / 0230608094 ISBN-13: 978-0-230-60809-2 / 9780230608092 In 1856, Abraham Lincoln was at a personal crossroads. Often despondent, he had grown bored with his work as a lawyer. He was beginning to see himself as just a former Congressman, without much of a future in politics. Later that year, the gruesome murder of a Springfield blacksmith provided the ca |