The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
- ISBN-10
- 0307474488
- ISBN-13
- 9780307474483
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 667
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Stephen L. Carter
Description
In an alternate history novel, Lincoln escapes assassination by John Wilkes Booth only to face impeachment, and Abigail Canner, a young black woman involved in his defense, helps investigate the murder of the president's counsel.
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