ABRAHAM LINCOLN; “The True Story of a Great life, 1891 (original) (raw)

1891, ABRAHAM LINCOLN; “The True Story of a Great life"

ABRAHAM LINCOLN; “The True Story of a Great life ABRAHAM LINCOLN; “The True Story of a Great life, by WILLIAM H. HERNDON AND JESSE W. WEIK” is the basic study of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, by the man who knew him best – William H. Herndon. Herndon was Lincoln’s law partner and they shared an office for many years. ‘Shared an office’ means one room, two desks, so these two men were in close contact every business day from 1844 until Lincoln became President. After Lincoln became President, he often sought Herndon’s advice on important questions. Herndon realized the greatness of Abraham Lincoln and when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Herndon began collecting Lincoln papers, interviewing family and friends of Lincoln, and accumulated the largest collection of Lincoln Archive material available; anyone seriously researching Lincoln must include Hernden’s collection in her or his research. While Abraham Lincoln; the True Story of a Great life set is the most important History of Abraham Lincoln, it has become less available in Libraries and schools because it presents the fact of Lincoln’s mother being “illegitimate,” and probably Lincoln too, as if such facts of primitive life in Kentucky at that time was a mark against the person; that, and the fact that Lincoln rejected the Christian religion, and never joined a church. Lincoln’s opinion of religion was not unusual at that time, there was no radio or TV, and no mass Christian propaganda – people read widely and thought freely. Jesse Weik was a writer and researcher and created the book with Herndon’s notes and help. More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any other American President; many of these books are more fiction than fact; Herndon’s Lincoln; The True Story of a Great life, is the master check-point for the accuracy of all New Lincoln Histories. Emmett F. Fields