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Lincoln's Greatest Journey represents the most extensively researched and detailed story of President Lincoln's trip to City Point, Virginia, in 1865. The richly shaped prose, a hallmark of Noah Andre Trudeau's pen, rewrites much of the heretofore misunderstood story of what really happened to Lincoln during this time.

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March 1865: The United States was at a crossroads and, truth be told, Abraham Lincoln was a sick man. "I am very unwell," he confided to a close acquaintance. A vast and terrible civil war was winding down, leaving momentous questions for a war-weary president to address. A timely invitation from General U. S. Grant provided the impetus for an escape to City Point, Virginia, a journey from which Abraham Lincoln drew much more than he ever expected. Lincoln's Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24–April 8, 1865 offers the first comprehensive account of a momentous time.

Lincoln traveled to City Point, Virginia, in late March 1865 to escape the constant interruptions in the nation's capital that were carrying off a portion of his "vitality," and to make his personal amends for having presided over the most destructive war in American history in order to save the nation. Lincoln returned to Washington sixteen days later with a renewed sense of purpose, urgency, and direction that would fundamentally shape his second term agenda.

Lincoln's Greatest Journey

Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 - April 8, 1865

Author Noah Andre Trudeau

Narrated by Barry Press

Publication date Sep 6, 2016

Running time 11 hrs

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