Barefoot Lincoln

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Many long years ago (about 30), Surratt House staff and volunteers endured a really awful book entitled The Woman Who Loved John Wilkes Booth and written by a Pamela Redford Russell. You can tell by my introduction that the Booth lover was Mary Surratt, and although the publicity claimed that Russell was praised for her style of writing, most of us termed it "trashy."

Well, hang on folks, I just ran across the title of another of Ms. Russell's books -- Barefoot Lincoln: Vinnie Ream and the President. This time, the teenage sculptress is portrayed as a love interest of Mr. Lincoln. Someone else can read it and review it...

https://www.booklending.com/~B00SNNA7X6
http://pamelaredfordrussell.com/barefoot.htm

On the second link, ignore the good-looking lady. That may have been Ms. Russell when she wrote The Woman Who Loved John Wilkes Booth, but Ms. Russell is now 68. Sorry, just had to be catty -- left over from reading the Surratt book decades ago and hating it.