A Historian Breaks and Makes Myth in a Novel on Lincoln's Youth

In 'Abe,' Richard Slotkin paints a plausible portrait of the president as a young man

Most historians see their work as the antidote to myths; Richard Slotkin prefers to make them. He describes his latest book, a novel


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