Title: Van deusen is better
Review: This is a poor imitation of the Van Deusen Biography. Apart from the story of the Emancipation Proclamtion painting that was altered to show Lincoln and not Seward as the central character Mr. Taylor adds nothing new to the story. He could have reassessed the Lincoln/Seward relationship on the grounds that he knew when he wrote his book that Lincoln never sent the letter in reply to the "April Fools" memo, a fact that Van Deusen was unaware of. His failure to do so and to invent a meeting between the two men labels him a poor historian.Alan Lowe. Manchester Metropolitan University. England.
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