BOOKS SPARK INTEREST IN AUBURN'S SEWARD HOUSE; BOOKS SPARK INTEREST IN AUBURN'S SEWARD HOUSE; VISITORS TO HOME OF WILLIAM SEWARD INCREASE 24 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR.(News)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | August 3, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: Beth Beer Cuddy Staff writer

Peter Wisbey has noticed a common link among the groups of tourists visiting the historic Seward House in Auburn this summer.

At least one member in nearly every tour group has read, or is in the process of reading one of the two recent, best-selling books about Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet, said Wisbey, the home's executive director.

William H. Seward, a former rival of Lincoln's, served as his secretary of state. He is featured prominently in Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of ...

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