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Review Summaries
"Main character is an historian who falls in gradually falls in love with girlfriend of a college friend while helping her interpret her Civil War dreams."
carlin, Resident Connie Willis Scholar

"Jeff Johnson, a Civil War historian and researcher, meets a Annie, a young woman who appears to be experiencing the dreams of Abraham Lincoln."
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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past - fantasy story on current Earth
Romance Yes
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student - scholar
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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