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Joshua Zeitz

Joshua Zeitz has taught American history and politics at both Cambridge and Princeton. His previous books include Flapper and White Ethnic New York. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.

The History of How We Came to Revere Abraham Lincoln

The slain president’s two personal secretaries battled mudslingers for a quarter-century to shape his image