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07-04-2015, 07:23 PM,
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Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman
Anyone read this book? The author, Stacy Pratt McDermott, is described as the Assistant Director and Associate Editor, Papers of Abraham Lincoln, so it looks promising.
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Lincoln-Routl...3MFS484577
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07-05-2015, 08:45 AM,
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RE: Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman
Yeah, it was definitely produced for the academic market. The publisher's prices for British history hardbacks are similar.
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02-06-2016, 10:55 PM,
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RE: Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman
I got this from the library and just finished reading it. It's a concise overview of Mary's life, with an appendix containing a selection of her letters from the different stages of her life. I can't say that I found any dazzling insights or new information in it (and that wasn't the author's intention anyway), but it's useful either as an introduction to Mary's life or as a refresher about some of the details. It's well footnoted and has a good bibliography. Perhaps its best feature is its evenhanded approach to its subject; the author is sympathetic to Mary without glossing over her faults.
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02-09-2016, 12:40 AM,
(This post was last modified: 05-23-2020, 02:02 AM by Donna McCreary.)
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RE: Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman
I purchased a paperback edition of this book the last time I was in Springfield. I agree with Susan's review of it. It is a decent overview of Mary's life; is well footnoted; but not what I expected from someone who works at the ALPL and has easy access to such excellent resources.
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05-20-2020, 07:31 AM,
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Gene C
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RE: Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman
Here is a review from last summer's The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/262986...w=fulltext
It sounds pretty good, so with Susan's and Donna's comments, I've added it to my wish list.
Unfortunately the price isn't much better than when Susan linked to the Amazon site almost five years ago, so I'm waiting.
It was about the same price on Barnes & Noble and Wal-Mart. Ouch!
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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05-20-2020, 12:59 PM,
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Rob Wick
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RE: Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman
There are used copies on Alibris for under $40, which still seems a bit steep for a trade paperback, but given that I've spent as much as $150 on a single title if one really wanted it, it might be worth it.
Best
Rob
https://www.alibris.com/search/books/isb...k=28781319
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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Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern Woman
