The Lincoln Hunters

The Lincoln Hunters is a 1958 science fiction novel by American writer Wilson Tucker.[1]

The Lincoln Hunters
First edition
AuthorWilson Tucker
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherRinehart & Company
Publication date
1958
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages192
OCLC25188710

Plot

The novel, set in the year 2578, details the story of a historian from the oppressive society of that year, who travels back in time to record Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech of May 19, 1856, in Bloomington, Illinois.

It contains a vivid description of Lincoln in the early stages of his career, seen through the eyes of a future American who feels that Lincoln and his time compare very favorably with the traveler's own.

Legacy

The book is mentioned in 11/22/63, a novel by Stephen King that also centers around time travel and an assassinated president. Furthermore, King's protagonist time travels to 1958—the year "Hunters" was published—to alter the timeline by 1963.

References
  1. O’Bryant, Jeff (2021-09-10). The Mythic Mr. Lincoln: America's Favorite President in Multimedia Fiction. McFarland. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4766-8602-8.


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