1814-1882

"A . . . historical novel about the relationships between the brilliant, melancholic future President and the two people who knew him best: his handsome and charming confidant (and roommate) Joshua Speed and the spirited young debutante Mary Todd"--OCLC.

Presents the true story of eight-year-old Lula McLean, in whose parlor Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, and her rag doll that was left on the parlor sofa and taken by Union Colonel Thomas Moore as a souvenir.