tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314999239853516008.post2545449753564866101..comments2023-03-29T01:46:36.715-07:00Comments on Dove Nested Towers: Living with Lincoln: His deathJason M. Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18239568347024335740noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314999239853516008.post-80147706552449524412009-02-06T10:33:00.000-08:002009-02-06T10:33:00.000-08:00Thank you for a beautifully written post about Lin...Thank you for a beautifully written post about Lincoln's death. Just this morning, I was interviewed by my local paper about Lincoln. One of the questions the reporter asked me is what makes Lincoln so "great" or memorable in our psyche. I told her that it's impossible to give a single reason, but that in my opinion, a large part of the reason is his assassination.<BR/><BR/>Lincoln scholars and enthusiasts know, of course, that Lincoln was not universally loved until he was killed. People of the era were struck by the parallels to Christ, Lincoln being shot on Good Friday and so on. <BR/><BR/>While Lincoln's assassination greatly saddens me, I am nonetheless fascinated by it. One of my very first Lincoln books (given to me when I was only 8 years old) was "Twenty Days," a powerful book about the assassination and the funerals staged for Lincoln across the east and middle-west. <BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for this posting and for bringing it to my attention. Well done!Geoff Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861071117040254491noreply@blogger.com