Legends That Libel Lincoln

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(07-17-2018 10:56 AM)Gene C Wrote:  Consider this

Evidently Mr. Silverman has never spent much time in Vermont during the winter. brrr.
Since Lincoln was 6'4" and weighed around 180 lbs as a young man, he probably had plentiful food, he also had a church background and friendly neighbors.
Lincoln liked to read, and found stimulating books, passages from the Bible and Aesop Fables were found in his speeches and conversations.
Some writers have indicated Douglas was a heavy consumer of alcoholic beverages.
Lincoln was not.
I wouldn't consider a 12 lb baby as having a smaller body.

Lincoln born in Feb was probably conceived in May. How does the author know his mother was exhausted and the weather played a factor?
I would think Douglas's mother was more exhausted from delivering a 12 lb baby. Ouch.

I conclude that had Lincoln not died at the age of 56, he might have lived a little longer.

I agree with you Laurie, it seems to be another example of how authors have used and abused Mr. Lincoln over the years in order to advance their theories.

Good points, Gene, but Jason Silverman is only printing what William Petersen had published in 1943. We must put the onus on Petersen for those assumptions.