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A Film by David Grubin
He was a dirt farmer's son determined to make something of himself. She was the daughter of wealthy Southern aristocrats with her own powerful political ambitions. He was the Great Emancipator. She was the daughter of slave-owners. He would become more central to America's image of itself than any chief executive. She would die unnoticed and totally forgotten. Together they ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation's history.
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