"Abe" (novel, 2000)

 
“It’s hard to imagine a more potent cocktail… here’s a feat to set the literati marvelling … blows away the dust of portentous history and gives [Lincoln] back to us, fresh.” —Salon

 
“. . . enormously evocative . . . a rich, satisfying coming-of-age story, a tale that leaves you wishing Slotkin would go on, right to the end of this uniquely American myth.” —New York Times Book Review

 
“Docudrama intelligently distilled to the written page …. a voyage through the heart of the country, down its greatest artery, the Mississippi, right into the heart of the land … leavened with lively conversation, colorful characters, memorable scenes and inviting prose. Communicating all that is a great burden in a biography. It is a substantial achievement in a novel.” —David Shribman, Wall Street Journal

 
"Authentic and moving." —Annie Dillard

 
"funny, robust, a rough and tumble lad of the frontier … as good with his fists as with his wits." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

 
"Entrancing, highly imaginative yet historically accurate.” —Chicago Tribune

 
No Quarter, the Battle of the Crater" (2009)

 
"Offers a riveting narrative and fair play to both sides, while exhuming an important episode from relative obscurity.” —New York Times Book Review

 
“Slotkin has written an engrossing account filled with heroism as well as deceit, cowardice, and virulent racism on both sides. The hour-by-hour retelling of the … assault is both stirring and unsettling, making this an outstanding addition to Civil War collections.” —Booklist

 
"Slotkin delivers a fresh, well-told tale." —Kirkus