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Why is Abraham Lincoln so popular right now?
08-20-2012, 02:37 PM (This post was last modified: 08-20-2012 02:37 PM by Rob Wick.)
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RE: Why is Abraham Lincoln so popular right now?
I don't think Lincoln is really any "hotter" now then he's ever been. I think a couple of mass-appeal movies are tapping into something which is already there, and has been for generations. I would highly recommend reading Merrill D. Peterson's book Lincoln in American Memory for a scholarly yet accessible history of just how we have remembered Lincoln.

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