Ward Hill Lamon used brawn, bluster and brass knuckles to keep the president safe. Abraham Lincoln counted many acquaintances but precious few close to intimates. Among that handful of stalwart allies, big, bluff Ward Hill Lamon became and would always remain, in Lincoln’s own words, his “particular friend.” Though largely forgotten by history—until Salvador Litvak …
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