Carl Sandburg and Lincoln

[Rob Wick]

Thanks Liz. I'm a bit underground now as I'm working on my book proposal for Ida Tarbell's study of Lincoln. I'm going to be gone much more than I'll be here.

There is definitely a difference today in scholarship regarding Lincoln then there was in the middle part of the 20th century. Donald was Randall's most prominent student, and he took much from his mentor. I remember reading a letter from Allan Nevins to Randall in which Nevins chided Randall for his Civil War and Reconstruction's pro-southern bias, but then Nevins admitted he held the same bias.

Best
Rob