Saturday, February 13, 2010

President's Day - "Abe Lincoln Laughing" and other books

I have visited the Lincoln family home in Springfield, Illinois and would recommend a visit there or to any presidents home or museum. The amazing way that we take humans and have them lead us for four years and to see where they came from and how they succeed or fail on many levels is breathtaking to think about.

President's are only human and seeing their homes drives home the interesting backgrounds they had and the lives that they have and had.

Lincoln and the times he came from and went through is worth some consideration and study as we come to President's Day.

On National Review's - Corner I saw a reference to Lincoln and starting clicking on though to...

John J. Miller and a list of top five Licoln books
If the list had been mine, it would have included Abe Lincoln Laughing, a compendium of jokes and anecdotes that Lincoln is known to have told during his life.

Miller makes reference to this list:
Books on Abraham Lincoln by Michael Burlingame at the Wall street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a rare newspaper and one that is growing in circulation.
Amazing how consumers move towards information instead of "filtering of information." That discussion is for another time and post.