Lincoln In The White House

About the Book

A powerful play on Lincoln's tenure in the White House from inauguration to assination, the period of his surpurb greatness. Backgrounded by the devastating civil war, it presents Mary, Grant, Seward, Lee, Meade, Stanton, common soldiery and others of the time by a playwright whose skills should make him of major interest.

About the Author

Robert Manns was born in Detroit, spent six years in New York where he received his first productions, moving later to Florida and eventually, Atlanta. He wrote his first play when he was 19, his first poem when he was 21. He has taught dramaturgy at Emory University in Atlanta and, while director of Callenwolde Art Institute in that city, initiated the poetry readings still held today. Even before serving as field representative for the National Audubon Society, wildlife and environment had solidly manifested themselves in his writing.