Funeral Train books

[Susan Higginbotham]

Has anyone read Robert Reed's Lincoln's Funeral Train: The Epic Journey from Washington to Springfield? I'm trying to decide between that and Scott Trostel's book. I know the latter has received some favorable comments here.

[RJNorton]

Hi Susan. I am not saying this because Scott is a member here - just being honest. I own both books, and when it comes to the amount of information contained in a book, Scott's is far superior.

[Susan Higginbotham]

Thanks! I was leaning toward that one.

[STS Lincolnite]

Susan, I would agree with Roger. I have both books.

Reed's book is gorgeous from a production standpoint. Excellent color and black&white illustrations with a wonderful look and feel. High quality paper and print quality. It is a well bound hardcover.

Trostel's book is an older, oversized paperback format. One of the ones with the glue binding. It is entirely black&white with a more basic printing style. But as far as information goes, Trostel's is the gold standard. In preparing a talk about Lincoln's funeral journey, Trostel's was the book I went back to again and again.

[Susan Higginbotham]

Thanks! Ordered the Trostel.