Lincoln’s Odyssey

Book chronicles the president-elect’s long, hazardous journey to Washington.

I love a good comprehensive biography, but there’s also great value in picking a moment in time and diving all the way in.

That’s what Ted Widmer does in his excellent book, Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington. Widmer examines President-elect Abraham Lincoln’s long journey to his own inauguration, in which he needed to steer clear of potent…