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Michael Burlingame is the May Buckley Sadowski Professor ofHistory at Connecticllt College. His previous books include Inside Lincotn)s White House: The Complete Civil War Diary ofJohn Hay (coedited with John R. TurnerEttlinger); Lincoln)sJournalist: John Hay)s Anonymous Writings for the Press) 1860-1864; At Lincoln)s Side:John Hay)s Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings; and An Oral History ofAbraham Lincoln: John G. Nicolay)s Interviews and Essays) which WOll the 1995 Abraham Lincoln Association Prize. He is presently working on a multivolume biography of Abraham Lincoln. ...

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