Mary's Reputation

[RJNorton]

Gene, thank you for mentioning that - very true.

For folks trying to figure Mary out - I would recommend an old book entitled Mrs. Abraham Lincoln by Dr. William Augustus Evans. It's the only biography that I know of written by a medical doctor. Dr. Evans gets into her psyche as well as any other author I've seen, although some modern authors have criticized his book as being outdated and too sympathetic to Mary. Still, I think it explains her various behaviors in an easy to understand form.

Dr. W.A. Evans