The best of 2013

[Eva Elisabeth]

Gene, you make me curious about that Stanton biography. Why exactly did you like it that much?
I, too, liked Tad Lincoln's Father", "Lincoln's Animal Friends", and "Father Abrahams Sons". My other top favorites in 2013 were
"Henry and Clara",
"The Trials of Mrs. Lincoln",
"The Madness of Mary Lincoln",
"Blood on the Moon",
"Lincoln and Whitman",
"One War at a Time", and
"Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination".
And I really enjoyed Mike's graphic novel "With Malice toward One". But I could easily extend the list.
Two of the non-Lincoln ones:
"The John Lennon letters", edited by Hunter Davies, and
"The Twelve Chairs" by Ilja Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov.
This satiric novel is really worth reading, especially for history fans! http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs