EL DORADO HILLS, CA: August 15, 2016 – Savas Beatie recently announced the release of a new book by award-winning author Noah Andre Trudeau, Lincoln’s Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 – April 8, 1865, which rewrites much of the heretofore misunderstood story of what really happened to Lincoln during this turbulent time.

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New Book by Award-winning Author Noah Andre Trudeau
Paints Fresh Picture of Lincoln’s Last Weeks
EL DORADO HILLS, CA: August 15, 2016 – Savas Beatie recently announced the
release of a new book by award-winning author Noah Andre Trudeau, Lincoln’s
Greatest Journey: Sixteen Days that Changed a Presidency, March 24 – April 8, 1865,
which rewrites much of the heretofore misunderstood story of what really happened to
Lincoln during this turbulent time.
March 1865: The United States was at a crossroads and, truth be told, Abraham
Lincoln was a sick man. “I am very unwell,” he confided to a close acquaintance. A
vast and terrible civil war was winding down, leaving momentous questions for a war-
weary president to address. A timely invitation from General U. S. Grant provided the
impetus for an escape to City Point, Virginia, a journey from which Abraham Lincoln
drew much more than he ever expected. Lincoln’s Greatest Journey, by award-winning
author Trudeau, offers the first comprehensive account of this momentous time.
The most extensively researched and detailed story of these decisive sixteen days at City Point, Lincoln’s Greatest
Journey provides a narrative laden with many heretofore unpublished accounts. A fresh, more complete picture of
Lincoln emerges. This is Lincoln at a time of great personal and national change—the story of how he made peace
with the past and became firmly future-focused, all set against a dramatically new narrative of what really happened
during those last weeks of his life. It infuses the well-worn Lincoln narrative with fresh sources to fundamentally
change an often-told story in ways large and small.
“Trudeau’s deep knowledge shines throughout the book as he unearths new information concerning Lincoln’s war-
weary state of mind,” says Foreword Magazine.
“Lincoln’s Greatest Journey combines Trudeau’s trademark fine-grained research with narrative skill to produce a
vivid account of Lincoln’s sixteen days at the front in Virginia, where General Grant’s army finally broke
Confederate lines and began the campaign that led to Appomattox. This dramatic story of face-to-face collaboration
between the commander in chief and his general in chief builds to a climactic ending of the Civil War,” said James
M. McPherson, Pulitzer-prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom and author of The War That Forged a
Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters.
About the Author: Noah Andre Trudeau is a history graduate of the State University of New York at Albany. His
first book, Bloody Roads South, won the Civil War Round Table of New York’s prestigious Fletcher Pratt Award,
and enjoyed a cameo appearance in the hit web television series House of Cards. His fourth book, Like Men of War,
a combat history of black troops in the Civil War, was honored with the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation’s
Jerry Coffey Memorial Book Prize. His other books include a best-selling history of the Battle of Gettysburg,
Sherman’s “March to the Sea,” and a compact biography of Robert E. Lee.
About Savas Beatie LLC: Savas Beatie LLC is a leading military and general history publishing company. Read
more about Lincoln’s Greatest Journey, and all of their books at http://tinyurl.com/zslfghw.
Contact: Michele Sams, Savas Beatie LLC
Email: michele@savasbeatie.com
Phone: 916-941-6896, Fax: 916-941-6895
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