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Product Description Author's description. LINCOLN, Part I & LINCOLN, Part II are two verse plays that begin with the inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln and end with his assassination. The background of LINCOLN is the entire length of the Civil War and portraits of Stanton, Lee, Meade, Grant, other principles and numbers of common soldiery. Epic in size, the plays are also noted for their accuracy and the "trenchant driving rhythms" of the verse. 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 Callanwolde 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.