Jack Waugh’s unique pen and spritely style bring to life a mix of the famous and the infamous, the little-known and the unremembered. He reintroduces us to Abraham Lincoln the writer, Jefferson Davis the losing president, and their fascinating and influential wives Mary and Varina.

Together with these familiars come 36 more unforgettables profiled, well known and little known men and women of their unforgettable era.