David O. Stewart is the bestselling writer of history and historical fiction, including The Lincoln Deception, The Summer of 1787, which won the Washington Writing Award for Best Book of 2007, and Madison's Gift.
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In 1868 Congress impeached President Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, the man who had succeeded the murdered Lincoln, bringing the nation to the brink of a second civil war. Enraged to see the freed slaves abandoned to brutal violence at the hands of their fo... SEE MORE