Giant in the Shadows

Author: Jason Emerson/HC/640 pg./Southern Illinoise University Press

The definitive biography of Robert Todd Lincoln, 1843-1926, eldest son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln is comprehensive, scholarly and engrossing. Praised by scholars and critics; a few examples below: 

"Beautifully written, and illustrated, this is one of the best Lincoln books to appear in many years." (Wayne C. Temple, author)

"Historian Jason Emerson sweeps away a century of myths and misinformation about Robert T. Lincoln....."(Thomas J. Craughwell, author)

"" [The book] charts Robert's determined rise from bereaved and cash-strapped law student to become Secretary of War, U.S. Minister to Great Britain, and President of the Pullman Company.....gatekeeper of his father;s papers and watchful guardian of his legacy...(Nora Titone, author)