This combined effort was in the service of Mrs. Randall, who sought to prove that Lincoln loved only one woman Mary Todd and that his marriage to her was happy. She persuaded her husband to publish her arguments under his own name, which gave them far greater weight than they would have enjoyed if their true authorship had been known. Few people know more about Lincoln than another of James G. In passing, Temple alludes to some of Mrs.
The subject of Mrs. Temple also alludes to another aspect of Mrs. Lincoln that is glossed over: her temper, which constituted a form of madness. Ferocity — describes Mrs. Brust concludes Mary Lincoln probably suffered from bipolar disorder. This diagnosis, he avers, should make her a more sympathetic character, for it was a disease that she likely inherited. At that point in her life, she was clearly suffering psychotic episodes and had to be protected from herself.
Brust maintains, was justifiable, humane, and responsible, even if the trial which led to her committal was a travesty of due process by modern standards. Jason Emerson, author of the first full-length scholarly biography of Robert Todd Lincoln, agrees. His well-grounded essay on the relationship between mother and son shows Robert in a far more favorable light than traditional accounts provide.
He warned her about questionable business investments, shady Spiritualism mediums, and general unsavory companions. Etulain , and her iconography by Harold Holzer. Surprisingly, there is no contribution from Jennifer Fleischner, author of the excellent study, Mrs.
Lincoln and Mrs. Mary Lincoln is more to be pitied than censured. She did not ask to inherit bipolar disorder, nor to have her mother die when she was only six years old, nor to have her father abandon her emotionally, nor to be raised by an unsympathetic stepmother, nor to see three of her four children die before reaching adulthood, nor to have her husband murdered by her side.
The Almighty ladles out a fair amount of misery on all human plates, but her portion was especially heaping. Nicolay, John Hay, and William O. The most complete account of the early history of the Abraham Lincoln Papers appears in volume 1 of David C. An article by the same author which appeared in the December issue of the Abraham Lincoln Quarterly External contains the substance of the story. Download Read more. The Story of My Life. Abraham Lincoln: A History - Volume 1.
Erin walked off her last cruise ship in New York City and literally flew into. In the first multi-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln to be published in decades, Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame offers a fresh look at the life of one of America's greatest presidents.
Incorporating the field notes of earlier biographers, along with decades of research in multiple manuscript archives and long-neglected newspapers, this remarkable work will both alter and reinforce our current understanding of America's sixteenth president. Volume 1 covers Lincoln's early childhood, his experiences as a farm boy in Indiana and Illinois, his legal training, and the political ambition that led to a term in Congress in the s.
In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's life during his presidency and the Civil War, narrating in fascinating detail the crisis over Fort Sumter and Lincoln's own battles with relentless office seekers, hostile newspaper editors, and incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also offers new interpretations of Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd and the untimely deaths of two sons to disease. In volume 2, Burlingame examines Lincoln's presidency and the trials of the Civil War.
He supplies fascinating details on the crisis over Fort Sumter and the relentless office seekers who plagued Lincoln. He introduces readers to the president's battles with hostile newspaper editors and his quarrels with incompetent field commanders. Burlingame also interprets Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in , and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war.
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