The Lincolns in Kentucky -Video

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(04-22-2024 03:59 PM)Gene C Wrote:  I haven't watched all of it yet, what I've seen is good, and the comments are very favorable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQnl5TY2eh8

Gene, thanks for posting this.
Kudos to writer and host Kent Masterson Brown who "Uses a wealth of original documents (most of which have never been published in any form.)" to tell this story of Lincoln's first 7 years in Kentucky.
This is documentary history at it's best. I found the unraveling of the complex legal issues that cost Thomas Lincoln the loss of his claims to the the Sinking Spring and Pigeon Creek lands especially well done.

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(04-22-2024 05:35 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Excellent, Gene! For those folks interested in Lincoln's years in Kentucky I would recommend a little-known book entitled Lincoln's Mothers by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. The book is historical fiction but very well-researched IMO.

Roger, thanks to your recommendation some years ago I own a copy of Lincoln's Mothers. I don't read much historical fiction but I agree it's very well researched and enjoyable to read.

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(04-23-2024 05:51 AM)AussieMick Wrote:  The scenery around Lincoln's childhood home is fantastic.
This is high quality.

Yes! The scenery around the home with the explanation of the topography/ geology gives a sense of place words alone can't evoke.