W.Va. Author Edits Autobiography of Lincoln's Bodyguard
Charleston Daily Mail › January 04, 2011
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CHARLES TOWN - Author Bob O'Connor has written four books with Civil War themes and one on the history of Ranson, W.Va., but the Charles Town resident is editor instead of writer for his sixth and newest book that comes out this week.
"The Life of Abraham Lincoln as President," a 520-page autobiography, was written in the 1880s by Ward Hill Lamon, Lincoln's friend, law partner in Illinois, and later his presidential bodyguard.See the full content of this document
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W.Va. Author Edits Autobiography of Lincoln's Bodyguard
Lamon, who was born in Summit Point, W.Va., died in 1893 and is buried in Gerrardstown, W.Va.
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