Lincoln Legends, Myths, Hoaxes and ......

[LincolnToddFan]

(11-26-2013 08:59 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  My favorite is Wilma Frances Minor, the young lady who fooled so many experts with fake A.-Lincoln-Ann-Ruthledge letters...(I'm pretty sure her age, sex and appearance made the greatest part of her initial success.)

HA! That was my favorite too! As someone who is more than a little tired of reading about Angel Annie and Lincoln's(alleged) great love for her, I took wicked delight in having all those letters revealed as fake. They were so corny anyway, almost as bad as the Edgar Lee Masters "Spoon River Anthology" poem.

"Bloom from my bosom O Republic"!