Lincoln's Dreamsby Connie Willis | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - S. F./Fantasy" |
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| Pages: | 228 |
| Year of Publication: | 1987 |
| Date Added: | 08/12/2006 |
| Date Read: | 10/11/2000 |
| Notes: | As a researcher for a popular historical novelist, Jeff Johnston finds himself immersed in the minutiae of the Civil War, tracking down the name of a general's favorite horse or the spot where Lincoln's son was buried. His meeting with Annie, the patient of old friend Dr. Richard Madison, changes his perspective. While the novelist contemplates a book on Lincoln's prophetic dreams and consults sleep specialist Madison, Jeff discovers that Annie is having vivid, horrible dreams of the Civil War containing details she couldn't possibly know. The point of view is unmistakably that of defeated Confederate leader Robert E. Lee. |
| My Rating: | 5 |