A Warrant For Mrs. Lincoln

Against the rich background of post-Civil War Chicago, A Warrant For Mrs. Lincoln blends two unique casts of historical and fictional characters whose lives intertwine during the insanity trial of President Abraham Lincoln’s widow. The powerful historical context includes events such as President Lincoln’s assassination, the Chicago fire, and the former First Lady’s interment in the Bellevue institution in Batavia, Illinois. It is also the story of Mrs. Lincoln’s rescue, engineered by Myra Bradwell, America’s first woman legal publisher, who was one of the first women in the United States to…