John Evangelist Walsh is the author of more than twenty books, including Moonlight: Abraham Lincoln and the Almanac Trial. The winner of an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his book Poe the Detective, Walsh lives in Monroe, Wisconsin.

Winner of the ARSC Award for Excellence in Recorded Jazz, Blues or Gospel, 1994.  Post-Corbett Award finalist, 1993."Intelligent detective work that, at last, convincingly untangles the story of the young Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge."--Christian Science Monitor "Atmospheric, briskly paced, compellingly written."--Illinois Historical Journal "A provocative book . . . . The Shadows Rise belongs in any collection of books on Lincoln."--Civil War "With exacting care and minute attention to detail, Walsh sifts the evidence . . . . Neither diminishing the importance of the event nor making it the central pivot of his life, Walsh places Lincoln's lost love in its appropriate context."--Georgia Historical Quarterly "The most detailed study of the Abraham Lincoln-Ann Rutledge relationship yet written. Carefully researched and convincingly argued, it should set to rest once and for all the widespread misconception that Lincoln's first love affair was a myth or that the sudden death of Ann Rutledge was an incident of little importance in his early life."--Douglas L. Wilson, co-editor of Herdon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln

John Evangelist Walsh is the author of more than twenty books, including Moonlight: Abraham Lincoln and the Almanac Trial. The winner of an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his book Poe the Detective, Walsh lives in Monroe, Wisconsin.

Winner of the ARSC Award for Excellence in Recorded Jazz, Blues or Gospel, 1994.  Post-Corbett Award finalist, 1993."Intelligent detective work that, at last, convincingly untangles the story of the young Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge."--Christian Science Monitor "Atmospheric, briskly paced, compellingly written."--Illinois Historical Journal "A provocative book . . . . The Shadows Rise belongs in any collection of books on Lincoln."--Civil War "With exacting care and minute attention to detail, Walsh sifts the evidence . . . . Neither diminishing the importance of the event nor making it the central pivot of his life, Walsh places Lincoln's lost love in its appropriate context."--Georgia Historical Quarterly "The most detailed study of the Abraham Lincoln-Ann Rutledge relationship yet written. Carefully researched and convincingly argued, it should set to rest once and for all the widespread misconception that Lincoln's first love affair was a myth or that the sudden death of Ann Rutledge was an incident of little importance in his early life."--Douglas L. Wilson, co-editor of Herdon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln

John Evangelist Walsh is the author of more than twenty books, including Moonlight: Abraham Lincoln and the Almanac Trial. The winner of an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his book Poe the Detective, Walsh lives in Monroe, Wisconsin.

Winner of the ARSC Award for Excellence in Recorded Jazz, Blues or Gospel, 1994.  Post-Corbett Award finalist, 1993."Intelligent detective work that, at last, convincingly untangles the story of the young Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge."--Christian Science Monitor "Atmospheric, briskly paced, compellingly written."--Illinois Historical Journal "A provocative book . . . . The Shadows Rise belongs in any collection of books on Lincoln."--Civil War "With exacting care and minute attention to detail, Walsh sifts the evidence . . . . Neither diminishing the importance of the event nor making it the central pivot of his life, Walsh places Lincoln's lost love in its appropriate context."--Georgia Historical Quarterly "The most detailed study of the Abraham Lincoln-Ann Rutledge relationship yet written. Carefully researched and convincingly argued, it should set to rest once and for all the widespread misconception that Lincoln's first love affair was a myth or that the sudden death of Ann Rutledge was an incident of little importance in his early life."--Douglas L. Wilson, co-editor of Herdon's Informants: Letters, Interviews, and Statements about Abraham Lincoln