An engaging, informative and often pleasantly surprising work on President Abraham Lincoln and the last speech he gave in public. Thoroughly enjoyable, and surely a vital new entry into the crowded historiography of that famous President.

This book is misleading in that the title has very little to do with the subject matter in the book. The author spends little time on the speech with the majority of the book focused on the subject of reconstruction and bringing the country back together after the civil way. He does a an adequate job on that subject.

I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a some possible insight into Abraham Lincoln's thoughts on reconstruction as opined by the author.

I received a free Kindle copy of Lincoln's Last Speech by Louis Masur courtesy of Net Galley  and Oxford University Press, the publisher. It was with the understanding that I would post a review on Net Galley, Goodreads, Amazon and my fiction book review blog. I also posted it to my Facebook and Twitter pages.

I requested this book as the description sounded interesting. This is the first book by the author that I have read.