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Shaping Lincoln’s Image
01-24-2014, 10:44 AM
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Shaping Lincoln’s Image
Very good article in the February issue of Smithsonian Magazine.
The History of How We Came to Revere Abraham Lincoln
The slain president’s two personal secretaries battled mudslingers
for a quarter-century to shape his image
By Joshua Zeitz

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hi...z2rKLAgb8d
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03-16-2014, 10:35 AM
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Kieran, I have seen quite a few reviews of this book. There is a new one on the USA Today website here.
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03-23-2014, 10:15 AM
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Interesting comment from Hay- noting that Lincoln died (not literally) during his last election season- not at Ford's.

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03-25-2014, 08:45 PM
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Just finished reading this excellent book!
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02-25-2015, 08:26 AM
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I visited John Hay's grave in Cleveland last year. It struck me that this man who had done so much work to "shape Lincoln's image"- and had such a noteworthy career himself- has nothing visable at his grave to note who he was and what he did.

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02-28-2015, 02:06 PM
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Bill, I saw photos of the grave on another site and I had the same thought!Sad
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