{"product_id":"lincolns-lie-elizabeth-mitchell-9781640092822","title":"Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street, and the White House","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \"delicious, suspenseful . . . and cleverly written romp through a dramatic and forgotten moment in American history\" reveals how Lincoln manipulated the media during the Civil War--shining new light on the current 'fake news' crisis (Elizabeth Gilbert)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1864, during the bloodiest days of the Civil War, two newspapers published a call, allegedly authored by President Lincoln, for the immediate conscription of 400,000 more Union soldiers. New York streets erupted in pandemonium. Wall Street markets went wild. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Lincoln sent troops to seize the newspaper presses and arrest the editors, it became clear: The proclamation was a lie. Who put out this fake news? Was it a Confederate spy hoping to incite another draft riot? A political enemy out to ruin the president in an election year? Or was there some truth to the proclamation--far more truth than anyone suspected? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnpacking this overlooked historical mystery for the first time, journalist Elizabeth Mitchell takes readers on a dramatic journey from newspaper offices filled with heroes and charlatans to the haunted White House confinement of Mary Todd Lincoln, from the packed pews of the celebrated preacher Reverend Henry Ward Beecher's Plymouth Church to the War Department offices in the nation's capital and a Grand Jury trial. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLincoln's Lie\u003c\/i\u003e, Mitchell brings to life the remarkable story of the manipulators of the news and why they decided to play such a dangerous game during a critical period of American history. Her account of Lincoln's troubled relationship to the press and its role in the Civil War is one that speaks powerfully to our current political crises: fake news, profiteering, Constitutional conflict, and a president at war with the press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164009282X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640092822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Elizabeth Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047194816767,"sku":"9781640092822","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2b741f2-412c-4250-935e-32494eeb1ae9.jpg?v=1684988800","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lincolns-lie-elizabeth-mitchell-9781640092822","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}