What did Lincoln read?

[Mike B.]

For all those interested. (I agree, Craig).

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Rob

http://hnn.us/articles/658.html

Burlingame repsonded to Oates on here:

http://hnn.us/articles/648.html

I was never a big fan of Oates on Lincoln personally. This has nothing to do with the plagerism charge, because I really don't feel qualified to judge it.

I don't think he did the depth of research in his biography and his "Behind the Myths" books to really classify him as a great biographer of Lincoln like James Randall, Benjamin Thomas, Richard Current, Michael Burlingame, and David Donald.

If one takes him as a popularizer of Lincoln, that is different, but I think Ronald White's and Richard Carwardine's books are better.