OMG THAT'S THE WORST OF ALL THE PUNS I'VE EVER WRITTEN! In my defense, I have a cold and everything I say sounds like this.
So, to the point of my post…LINCOLN. How good does this movie look?? SO GOOD! I've been obsessively reading everything I can find on it, and I am so excited to see it. Daniel Day Lewis is magic. Did you know Spielberg tried to make everything as authentic as possible, down to using Lincoln's actual pocket watch for the sound effects? I'll stop geeking out now.
We happen to have an excellent backlist of Lincoln related material which I recommend as companion reading:
Manhunt by James Swanson describes
the hour-by-hour details of the twelve days after Abraham Lincoln’s
assassination when various factions within the U.S. government — and
even some outside it — hunted for the President’s killer, John Wilkes
Booth.
Bloody Crimes by James Swanson is the epic
story of the search for Jefferson Davis across the South, and the
eventful funeral procession for the assassinated president.
Lincoln by Harold Holzer (the movie tie-in) is written especially for young readers by a Lincoln and
Civil War expert, author, and consultant to the movie. It traces how
Lincoln came to view slavery and end it.
To make up for the terrible jokes that I subject you to, I'm giving away some books! First 10 lucky people to email librarylovefest@harpercollins.com will get their pick of one of these titles. Include the title and your mailing address in the email, please.
– Adenoidal Annie