Honor's Voice

[Gene C]

Interesting book. Covers the time of 1831 -1842. Compares eyewitness accounts of different periods and experiences of Lincoln' life in New Salem up to the time he gets married. Big differences in how people remembered things. Douglas Wilson examines and discusses this. He explains and reasons how these early experiences changed and formed Lincoln's character. Wilson also looks at some of the short comings in Lincoln's behavior. He does spend some time on Lincoln's awkwardness around women and his courting relationship with Marry Todd. Not sure I agree with his reasoning about their relationship, but it was interesting.

Lots of footnotes referencing "Herndon's Informants" and other writings of Herndon. All in all, a pretty good book. Reasonably priced too