Herndon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln
- ISBN-10
- 0252023285
- ISBN-13
- 9780252023286
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 827
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Authors
- William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Douglas Lawson Wilson
Description
For twenty-five years after the president's death William Herndon, his law partner, conducted interviews with and solicited letters from dozens of persons who knew Lincoln personally.
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