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February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill.
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George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer. He is best known for his short stories and his novel *Lincoln in the Bardo* (2017), which won the Booker Prize. Saunders' short stories have been published as several collections, including *CivilWarLand in Bad Decline* (1996) and *Tenth of December: Stories* (2013).
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