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Although he was Abraham and Mary Lincoln s oldest and last surviving son, the details of Robert T. Lincoln s life are misunderstood by some and unknown to many others. Nearly half a century after the last biography about Abraham Lincoln s son was published, historian and author Jason Emerson illuminates the life of this remarkable man and his achievements in "Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln." Emerson, after nearly ten years of research, draws upon previously unavailable materials to offer the first truly definitive biography of the famous lawyer, businessman, and...

In 1875 Mary Lincoln, the widow of a revered president, was committed to an insane asylum by her son, Robert. The trial that preceded her internment was a subject of keen national interest. The focus of public attention since Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, Mary Lincoln had attracted plentiful criticism and visible scorn from much of the public, who perceived her as spoiled, a spendthrift, and even too much of a Southern sympathizer. Widespread scrutiny only increased following her husband's assassination in 1865 and her son Tad's death six years later, after which her overwhelming...