A review by crankylibrarian
Savage Conversations by LeAnne Howe

3.0

A disturbingly beautiful series of conversations between a half mad Mary Todd Lincoln and the ghost, (or is he a ghost?) of an Indian hanged (on the orders of Abe Lincoln) for participating in a revenge attack against white settlers. While institutionalized, Mrs Lincoln did in fact claim to see the figure of an Indian who forced her to perform unspeakable acts and pinned open her eyes. Was this a veritable ghost, or the manifestation of a guilty conscience, forcing Mrs Lincoln to open her eyes to the atrocities performed against Native Americans?