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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100553051970
ISBN-139780553051971
eBay Product ID (ePID)1381793
Product Key Features
Publication Year1987
TopicHistorical
Book TitleLincoln's Dreams
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-Classifiable, Fiction
AuthorConnie Willis
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN86-047886
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Synopsis"A novel of classical proportions and virtues...humane and moving."The Washington Post Book World "A love story on more than one level, and Ms. Willis does justice to them all. It was only toward the end of the book that I realized how much tension had been generated, how engrossed I was in the characters, how much I cared about their fates."The New York Times Book Review For Jeff Johnston, a young historical reseacher for a Civil War novelist, reality is redefined on a bitter cold night near the close of a lingering winter. He meets Annie, an intense and lovely young woman suffering from vivid, intense nightmares. Haunted by the dreamer and her unrelenting dreams, Jeff leads Annie on an emotional odyssey through the heartland of the Civil War in search of a cure. On long-silenced battlefields their relationship blossomstwo obsessed lovers linked by unbreakable chains of history, torn by a duty that could destroy them both. Suspenseful, moving, and highly compelling,Lincoln's Dreamsis a novel of rare imaginative power.