Was Lincoln Baptized In Secret ?

[Gene C]

Thanks to Steve for posting the link for James O Hall's book review from the Winter 1998 edition of the Journal of Abraham Lincoln Association. (About 17 printed pages)
It's very good and worth the time to read it. Those 17 pages are full of information. It's almost overwhelming.

I was going to try to pick out key quotes from his review, but there are to many of them. Your better off taking the time and effort to read his entire review.

Good News - If this sounds like the type of book you might enjoy there are currently 2 used copies available on Amazon. and one from AbeBooks. They range from $45 - $66.
I have a little confession to make. AT this price of this questionable book, it was beyond my price range. After looking at the online copy of this last week, I did find and purchased a copy for $4.40 which I decided I could afford, even for a questionable book. (I've wasted that much on an Unhappy Meal from Burger Doodle) Shipped from a Chicago suburb, it's currently touring the US, detoured through Atlanta courtesy of the US Postal Service. Now the tracking number has mysteriously been deactivated, but I should receive my book sometime in the next 10 days. I'll keep you posted.

By the way, according to the James Hall review,
"When Adah Sutton died in an Attica nursing home on July 10, 1976, aged 92, no publisher had yet been found for her manuscript. Ostendorf acquired rights to the manuscript from Sutton's niece (by marriage), Iris Sutton. In 1977 he contracted with David Balsiger, a California writer and movie consultant, to find a publisher. Balsiger rewrote parts of the manuscript. It was this version, entitled "Mistah Abe," that was considered and rejected by Knopf in 1978."
my comment - It was about this time that Balisger completed the classic work "The Lincoln Conspiracy"