The past few days have given us a flurry of Lincoln movie news, which you can read about in a series of posts by Brian Dirck (here, here, and here). Robert Redford has a Mary Surratt film in the works, and Spielberg is still pursuing his long-awaited Lincoln project.
Coincidentally, the History Channel has been on [...]
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I’m ready for my close-up
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln assassination, John Wilkes Booth, Mary Surratt, Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lincoln Museum collection won’t be locked away
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Museums and Historic Sites, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Indiana State Museum, Lincoln Museum on September 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here’s an item from Civil War News with an update on the collection of the recently-closed Lincoln Museum in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Those of you who have followed this story know that part of the material will go to the Indiana State Museum, and the archival stuff will go to the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne.
The [...]
A sample of Neo-Confederate historiography
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, History and Memory, tagged Abraham Enloe, Abraham Enlow, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's paternity, Civil War memory, Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln assassination, Lost Cause on July 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Ladies and gentlemen, I submit for your edification a few selections from the catalogue of The Confederate Reprint Company.
The Genesis of Lincoln by James Harrison Cathey. This startling tome informs us that “the man known to the world as Abraham Lincoln was actually the offspring of an illicit relationship between Nancy Hanks and a married man named [...]
Lincoln at Tusculum
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Tennessee History, tagged Andrew Johnson, Samuel Doak, Tusculum College on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you still haven’t gotten your Lincoln Bicentennial fix, you’ve got two more chances this fall with a couple of interesting events at Tusculum College in Greeneville, TN.
Tusculum itself has a pretty interesting history. It’s the oldest college in Tennessee, and one of the oldest in the country. Andrew Johnson was a trustee, and one of [...]
Lincoln’s got a secret. . .
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, historical fiction, President Lincoln's Secret, Steven Wilson on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…but you’ll have to read this new novel to find out what it is. It’s the latest book from Steven Wilson, curator of one of the country’s best Lincoln/Civil War collections. He also happens to be the guy that taught me everything I know about public history.
Yep, he was born in Kentucky
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, tagged Abraham Enloe, Abraham Enlow, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln birthplace, Abraham Lincoln's paternity, Nancy Hanks, Thomas Lincoln on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At a speaking engagement this weekend somebody asked me whether I believe Abraham Lincoln was born in North Carolina. I don’t.
The story is that Lincoln’s biological father was a North Carolinian named Abraham Enloe (or Enlow, depending on who’s doing the telling). After Enloe fathered a child with Nancy Hanks, he passed her and the kid off to [...]
Virtual flowers at Ann’s grave–popular memory and the limits of scholarship
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, History and Memory, History on the Web, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, New Salem on May 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When I went to Springfield a few years ago, one of my priorities was to make the short drive up to Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site. I hit a lot of Lincoln sites on that trip—the Presidential Library and Museum, his home, his law office, his tomb—but New Salem was pretty hard to beat.
Since [...]
All they need now is a lemonade stand
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Museums and Historic Sites, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is selling a cookbook with recipes supplied by volunteers and staff, with proceeds to benefit the facility’s programs.
As a fundraising tool for a massive, high-tech, multi-million-dollar museum, this seems a little odd. One of the women’s groups at my church did this exact same thing.
Maybe the Smithsonian should hold a car [...]
Trivial Pursuit
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, tagged Abraham Lincoln on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The buzz used to be that Lincoln had Marfan Syndrome. Then it was chronic depression. Now cardiologist John Sotos is telling us that Lincoln had something called multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 2B, a rare genetic disorder that leads to cancer.
Sotos is the same guy who diagnosed President Taft with obstructive sleep apnea. Apneos, a company that specializes in sleep [...]
Hearing Lincoln
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, History and Memory, tagged Abraham Lincoln on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here’s one of my historical pet peeves. The next time you’re watching a movie or documentary about Lincoln, pay attention to the reconstruction of his speaking voice. Filmmakers and producers rarely get this right.
If you read accounts by people who knew Lincoln, you’ll find that the one word used more than any other to describe his voice is ”shrill.” [...]
