A Novel of Triumph over TragedyA vital and rare story exhumed from catacombs of forgotten history.The Boston Globe April 17, 1904 reported: She was frequently the staff upon which he [President Lincoln] leaned during days and weeks of sorrow and uncertainty.Abraham Lincoln said: Mrs. Pomroy, when you are an old woman, please tell your grandchildren how greatly indebted the nation is to you ...

Behind the facade of an icon, churns the soul of a poet. Walk alongside Abraham Lincoln as he relives the crucible of youth that forged his character.Abraham Lincoln is inescapably human, reliving the gauntlet of tragedy and abuse that should have consumed him, exposing his private reasons for standing firm on the brink of war.Seven-year-old Abraham Lincoln's boyhood dies when his father drags their family from the relative comfort of Kentucky into an unfor...

Experience the personal story of a man who changed the world.A melancholy poet weathers tragedy, abuse, and self-doubt to keep a sacred promise.Included in the Lincoln Collection of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential LibraryAbraham Lincoln is inescapably human, reliving the gauntlet of tragedy and abuse that should have consumed him, exposing his private reasons for standing firm on the brink of war.Seven-year...

"Forgotten voices were everywhere." A Promised Land by Barack Obama.BASED ON TRUE EVENTS. A truth that refuses to die. A story all but forgotten.After escaping bondage, twenty-five-year-old William Henry Johnson goes to the nation's capital as Abraham Lincoln's valet, hoping the new president will help him reunite his family. But when Lincoln chooses an expedient peace over racial justice, the war against slavery may be doomed--unl...

The forgotten voice that turned a president. William Henry Johnson's story ... a novel based on true eventsAfter escaping bondage, twenty-five-year-old William Henry Johnson goes to the nation’s capital as Abraham Lincoln’s valet, hoping the new president will help him reunite his family. But when Lincoln chooses an expedient peace over racial justice, the war against slavery may be doomed—unless Johnson can turn him from long-held prejudices and convince him to em...

Intriguing, intense, moving, raw. A place you shouldn't go, but Jacob went ...Sixteen-year old Amy escapes her captors in the rugged Sierra foothills only to discover freedom's steep price. Billionaire Jacob Chandler turns fugitive in the same hostile chaparral, risking his life to keep from spiraling out of control. But the wilderness isn't their only enemy. Amy's sociopathic abductors want her back and won't let anyone stand in their way.

Soul of a poet, son of a farmer. The story Lincoln never had the chance to tell. His life before the presidency, in his voice. Walk alongside Abraham Lincoln as he relives the crucible that forged his character.

A NOVEL BASED ON TRUE EVENTS — A lost voice rises from the dustbins of history, adding fresh perspectives on President Lincoln's struggle with racial justice.As Lincoln’s personal barber and valet, Johnson did not influence the President by whispering into his ear, he was the living embodiment of the price paid trying to keep the Union together, a daily reminder that half measures are an insult to humanity -- because calculating the cost of peace is impossible,...

A novel of triumph over tragedy.After suffering 30 years of debilitating grief, Rebecca Pomroy graduates from "the school of affliction" to join the army nursing corps and offers hope and healing to sick, wounded, and dying soldiers during the American Civil War. But when she encounters the weight of anguish borne by the president's family, her true calling is revealed. She must rescue them from despair or risk the Union's collapse. With unwavering determination an...

A novel based on true events — William Henry Johnson was never Lincoln's shadow. He was Lincoln's mirror.Amid much controversy over the legacies of historical figures, comes a novel that explores Lincoln's complex and evolving views on slavery, emancipation, abolition, and racial equality. But more than a Lincoln novel, it is the forgotten story of a young man who likely influenced Lincoln more than any celebrated abolitionist when it came to his turn from segregat...