Where Is It?

[Rob Wick]

Steve,

When I first read that I thought maybe Barton made a typographical error and meant important. But as I read the remainder of what he wrote, that wouldn't make sense. I think Barton wanted to be known as the best living biographer of Lincoln over and above Beveridge, Sandburg, and Tarbell, and looked at other books as not as vital to that goal as his two-volume biography was. I think that partly explains why the files that deal with the biography are almost four inches thick and the others are much smaller.

Best
Rob