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I love threads like this and when I read them I realize that my knowledge of this time period is very limited beyond the usual text book stuff. On other WBTS threads I have asked for book suggestions (and followed those suggestions)
this time I'd like to ask knowledgeable Freepers for a recommendation on the definitive pro-Lincoln book and the definitive anti-Lincoln book.
40 posted on 02/06/2005 5:39:55 AM PST by freedom moose (has de cultivar el que sembres)
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Freepers for a recommendation on the definitive pro-Lincoln book and the definitive anti-Lincoln book.

There are any number of good, solid Lincoln biographies out there. Davd Herbert Donald did one a couple of years ago, and did a second book which viewed Lincoln through the eyes of his supporters. Those are good places to start. But to know the man, read his writings. There are a couple of collections of his speeches and letters available?

The definitive one-sided, rabidly anti-Lincoln book? No question about it. "The Real Lincoln" by Tommy DiLorenzo.

43 posted on 02/06/2005 7:02:53 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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