This book is a biography of William Pitt Fessenden, one of the most influential political figures of the nineteenth century. Fessenden served as a senator from Maine during the tumultuous period leading up to the Civil War, and his contributions to politics and public service were immense. Francis and James Fessenden draw on personal letters and other historical documents to paint a vivid portrait of this remarkable man.

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