A. Lincoln -- Attorney at Law DVD

[Tom Emery]

Last night, I watched a DVD on Lincoln's law career that left an positive impression on me.

It's entitled A. Lincoln: Attorney at Law, and was released in 2006. It was a joint effort of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Judges Association.

It's fairly brief -- 40 to 45 minutes or so -- and had some high-profile commentators, including Harold Holzer. It had attractive camera shots and angles, and was easy to watch.

The DVD also discusses Lincoln's personal life, his melancholy, and his relationship with Herndon. The focus, though, is on Lincoln's legal practice in Illinois, with an emphasis on Christian County (Taylorville).

There were a couple of glitches (it stated that the Lincolns were married in 1841; it was actually 1842), and some of the commentary from John Simon was mediocre, but overall, it was very well done.

I liked it and thought it was well worth watching, and if anyone else out there has seen it, I'm wondering what you may have thought of it.