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New Biography Of Lincoln's Secretary Of War Reveals A Resilient Man, Haunted By Grief

Ron Elving

NPR's Ron Elving reviews a massive new tome on the life of Edwin Stanton, certainly one of the most contentious and controversial figures in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet of rivals.