[Lady Eileen]

As you say, it's popular to be patriotic these days. So what better time to learn more about the greatest disagreement over patriotism in American history?

I, for one, have never heard a public word critical of Lincoln, unlike other famous American leaders of the past. So I'd like to hear that perspective, the other side of the story. And I think many other Freepers will too.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Politics aside, his book has been critically panned as a mish-mash of lies and quotes deliberately taken out of context. There's plenty to criticize Lincoln for without having to make stuff up. His book is not at all "the other side."