JUICY TALE OF HONEST ABE; DEWITT AUTHOR DIGS UP LITTLE-KNOWN 1856 MURDER TRIAL WHERE THE FUTURE PRESIDENT WON HIS CLIENTS' ACQUITTAL.(CNY)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: January 10, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Laura T. Ryan Staff writer

If Julie Fenster has a muse, ignorance might be her name.

That's because the DeWitt author, whose acclaimed books have examined such disparate subjects as antiques cars, the history of ether and a Catholic priest's life, follows her own uninformed curiosity when deciding what to research.

"I have refused to specialize, and I think the only thing that interests me, if you want to know the truth, is something that I ...

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