Shadows Rise Abraham Lincoln and the Ann Rutledge Legend

"The Shadows Risedocuments his periods of depression. Walsh recreates Lincoln's affair with Ann Rutledge, his first love. His moods seem to have been particularly severe after her death though Walsh concludes that Rutledge died from typhoid, not, as was long supposed, the mortification of being torn between two men whose hands she had accepted."-Jurek Martin,Financial Times, 31st Jan 2009Walsh, John E. is the author of 'Shadows Rise Abraham Lincoln and the Ann Rutledge Legend' with ISBN 9780252020117 and ISBN 0252020111.