Shaping Lincoln’s Image

[Kieran McAuliffe]

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

[RJNorton]

Kieran, I have seen quite a few reviews of this book. There is a new one on the USA Today website here.

[LincolnMan]

Interesting comment from Hay- noting that Lincoln died (not literally) during his last election season- not at Ford's.

[Hess1865]

Just finished reading this excellent book!

[LincolnMan]

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.

[LincolnToddFan]

Bill, I saw photos of the grave on another site and I had the same thought!