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[RJNorton]

(08-26-2017 08:04 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Thank you, Roger, I do remember reading Keckley's comment on Lincoln and Lee. Do the Fehrenbachers give any reasons for why they discount Keckley saying this? Don't they discount other things that she said?

Here is what they say concerning the low grades (C's and D's) they give to her reminiscences:

"The fact that her memoires were ghostwritten tends to diminish their credibility."

(Despite the Fehrenbachers' statement, I do not think the historical community is in 100% agreement on whether or not the book was ghostwritten.)