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Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary
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Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary
Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary by Walter Stahr appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around biography & memoir, rather long, nonfiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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