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Who is this person?
12-15-2013, 08:24 PM,
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RE: Who is this person?
Sorry Roger, but it's not Ford.

Second clue: He was a lawyer.
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

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12-15-2013, 08:39 PM,
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RE: Who is this person?
Samuel C. Parks ?
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12-15-2013, 08:54 PM,
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RE: Who is this person?
He does bear a resemblance to Parks, but it's not him, Anita.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

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--Carl Sandburg
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12-15-2013, 09:33 PM, (This post was last modified: 12-15-2013, 09:38 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Who is this person?
Sure not him, wild guess - John T. Stuart with a beard and at old age?
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12-15-2013, 09:41 PM, (This post was last modified: 12-15-2013, 09:48 PM by Rob Wick.)
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RE: Who is this person?
Sorry Eva, but it's not him either.

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Clue Three: He was a strong advocate of Frederick Jackson Turner's theory on the American frontier.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

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--Carl Sandburg
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12-15-2013, 10:14 PM,
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RE: Who is this person?
Abram Bergen ?
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12-15-2013, 10:28 PM,
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RE: Who is this person?
Sorry Anita, it's not him.

Clue Four: Think regionally.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

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--Carl Sandburg
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12-16-2013, 06:19 AM,
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RE: Who is this person?
It doesn't look like Louis A. Warren (at least in the photo I've seen), but I'll guess him anyway.
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12-16-2013, 09:47 AM,
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RE: Who is this person?
You are on the right path Roger, but it's not Warren.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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12-16-2013, 10:27 AM,
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RE: Who is this person?
Another guess - Frederick Law Olmsted?
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12-16-2013, 10:55 AM,
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RE: Who is this person?
Sorry Roger, it's not Olmstead.

Clue Five: He believed that the character of Lincoln was developed during his family's time in a particular region and devoted his remaining years to doing research to substantiate that claim.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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12-16-2013, 11:32 AM,
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RE: Who is this person?
John E. Iglehart.
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12-16-2013, 12:08 PM,
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RE: Who is this person?
You got it Roger. Great job! Iglehart and the Southwestern Indiana Historical Society played a major role in overcoming the "stagnant, putrid pool" and "diamond on the dunghill" theories of Lincoln's Indiana years. Through the group's Lincoln Inquiry (hence the opening "Inquiring minds want to know...), Iglehart and others corresponded with Tarbell, Louis Warren, Sandburg, Turner and Beveridge among others. Keith Erekson's book "Everybody's History" is an account of the Lincoln Inquiry and their efforts.

You win a free swim in the "stagnant, putrid pool" followed by a skin treatment at the Southwestern Indiana Dunghill Resort. Taxes may apply.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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12-16-2013, 01:37 PM,
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RE: Who is this person?
Rob, thanks for the introduction to John E. Iglehart. I will pick up Keith Erekson's book "Everybody's History".
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12-16-2013, 02:48 PM,
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RE: Who is this person?
I think you'll enjoy it, Anita. It's written in such a way that emphasizes both analysis and narrative.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell

I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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