What's the best book (either Lincoln or non) you read in 2012

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I mentioned earlier about having the pleasure of skimming some manuscripts this year. Let me tell you that, if the publishing field agrees with me, there will be some very good ones coming out within the next year or two, so save your sheckels. One of those will be by Rich Smyth and Jim Garrett of this forum. I am also impressed with the depth of one being worked on by John Fazio, who occasionally posts here.

There are several others that are already at a publisher: One on the Knights of the Golden Circle (as I have mentioned before) and another on Secretary Seward's statesmanship.