"Our One Common Country" author talk in Stratford, CT

[L Verge]

Bless you, Toia, for posting this. It was a very busy day at work, and I have just gotten on the forum about a half-hour ago. As soon as I read the Burlingame comments on the above post, I could feel my blood pressure rise. One of the most important films made over the years, and the so-called Lincoln expert wants to peddle his unexplained hatred of Mrs. Lincoln? Now I understand why so many of the experts in the Lincoln field look with jaundiced eye at some of the professor's work.

When I met him years ago, he had just published The Inner World... He could not understand why I was so interested in the assassination angle. I assured him I would not have been a member of Booth's gang! I don't think he believed me. In the ensuing years, I have failed to understand why he is so obsessed in waging war against Mary Lincoln. Repeated character assassination is not an admirable trait.