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Lincoln trilogy coming from former Clinton aide
[November 20, 2013] NEW YORK (AP) — A former White House aide to Bill Clinton has spent the past few years writing a trilogy about the life of another president — Abraham Lincoln.
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Sidney Blumenthal has a deal with Simon &
Schuster, the publisher announced Tuesday. The three-volume
biography has the working title "Abraham Lincoln: A Political
Life." The first book, "A Self-Made Man," is scheduled to come
out in 2015. Blumenthal will be edited by Alice Mayhew, whose
other projects have included Doris Kearns Goodwin's
million-selling Lincoln book, "Team of Rivals." "I was privileged to work in the White House," Blumenthal said
in a statement released by Simon & Schuster. "I have admired and
studied President Lincoln for many years. My personal experience
with the politics of the presidency inside the White House gave
me a fresh appreciation and a new view of Lincoln's immense
political skills and a new way of looking at how he became
America's greatest political leader." During a recent telephone interview with The Associated Press,
Blumenthal said he had already completed all three volumes, each
more than 500 pages, and had waited until he finished before
seeking a publisher. Negotiations were handled by another man
used to working with presidents, Washington attorney Robert
Barnett, whose other clients include Clinton and President
Barack Obama. Although Blumenthal wrote a cover story on Lincoln
for Newsweek last year, he said he'd kept his biography a secret
from everybody except his "wife and dog." Blumenthal, 65, is a longtime journalist and author of several
previous books, including a memoir about his years in the
Clinton administration. Acknowledging the tonnage of Lincoln
books that precede his, he said he wanted his Lincoln trilogy to
"get to the root of the conflicts that still perplex us and
conflict us." "Many of the fundamental issues from his time still remain," he said, citing race and the role of the federal government. [Associated Press; HILLEL ITALIE] Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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