Mr. Lincoln and His War - Hardcover

"John Chandler Griffin is a master storyteller. The photographs could hardly be better chosen or more wrenching, and the captions are models of graceful concision, deep humanity, and the kind of unflinching historical honesty that some Lincoln apologists will find disturbing and downright infuriating. This is a powerful book, hard to put down and, once read, impossible to forget."
-William Breedlove Martin, author, Time Is the Fire: A Novel of the Great War

Beginning with Lincoln's birth in 1809, author John Chandler Griffin chronicles the life of the sixteenth president in a definitive pictorial biography. Rare and famous photographs provide insight into the existence of one of the most intriguing-and perhaps misunderstood-men in American history.

The book addresses such controversial topics as the speculation surrounding Lincoln's sexuality and his legitimacy. Images depicting the destruction and death wrought by the conflict between the states challenge Lincoln's decision to declare war on the South and question his disregard for the U.S. Constitution. In contrast, portraits of the president and his family illuminate the gentle, intimate side of the powerful figure. With candor, Griffin covers every aspect of Abraham Lincoln's compelling life, even bringing to the forefront the dark political forces that played a hand in the president's death.