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emma1231 · (This post was last modified: 05-07-2015 11:35 AM by emma1231.)

(02-05-2015 03:41 PM)L Verge Wrote: IMO, Balsiger and Sellier and their movie that was then turned into a book did more to set the Lincoln assassination field back 50-75 years than anyone else in my recent memory! The Surratt Society and the Dr. Mudd Society were the first to see the movie. We had a private showing in our area before it was distributed to other areas. I remember distinctly that the audience recommended that it be stopped in its tracks and never shown elsewhere. You know how far that suggestion went!

Back to the Julian diary - Roger, can we drag Richard Sloan into the discussion? Richard was the wonderful editor of the Lincoln Log newsletter that he created back in the 1970s, and he carried excerpts from the diary in one of the early issues. He might share some insight with us.

Ed Steers did a fine story about the Julian diary in his book "Lincoln Legends -- Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations..." It's on his pages 197-200. I believe it answers all the questions. Please check it out! (Our hero the late James O. Hall really stuck it to Sunn Classic Pictures with that one!)

Sorry if this is redundant. I tried replying to Laurie's invitation to chime in on the Julian diary, but don't think I did it properly.
All I wish to tell you is that the complete story of the Julian diary hoax (the entry bearing on Stanton and the Booth diary) can be found on pages 197-200 of Ed Steers' book, "Lincoln Legends." Please check it out. -- Richard Sloan

See Ed Steers' "Lincoln Legends," p.197-200 for the complete story on the Julian diary hoax.