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Title: Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest by Jan Morris ISBN: 0-684-85515-1 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2.27 (15 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Bitter Brit who can't get enough of attacking Lincoln
Comment: I couldn't believe how often the author equated "political correctness" with defending Abe Lincoln! This author is one bitter Brit who doesn't appreciate the contribution the USA has made to the world.

This book is for the dumpster.

Rating: 3
Summary: lincoln with homosexual tendencies???
Comment: a late 1990's exploration and analysis of lincoln from the eyes and research of a british writer. why she includes grape jelly inthis book may be a clever writing tool but it was a more of a put-off than a lead-into the book. her reference to lincoln possibly having homosexual tendicies as a result of his awkwardness with women is an eye opener. some good stuff is how she reveals that lincoln was a little more cut throat than what history portrays him as and that is a refreshing peice of information because you had to always wonder if lincoln was a shrewd and cunning enough type of guy to maneuver thru the politicis of his day. obviously he was. also--where we learn that there may have been a northern backed assasination attempt on jefferson davis' life that failed but may have resulted in booth's vengeful inspiration to assasinate lincoln is very interesting. not a bad read really if you are open to a different viewpoint.

Rating: 1
Summary: A Cheap Shot At Ford's Theatre
Comment: Morris uses this book to take cheap shots at America and America leaders. Obviously, she has no personal knowledge of Lincoln. Her attacks are based on hearsay and stereotypess of America. Like many English writers, she thinks we are all yahoos and cowboys. Someone should remind her that those yahoos and cowboys have been subsidizing England since 1916, saved it from defeat in WW I and WW II, rebuilt its economy, landed men on the moon and won the cold war. A recent poll showed that 45% of the English would move to America if they had an opportunity. Instead of attacking us, Morris should focus her ascerbic wit on the degenerate Rnglish royal family and landed aristocracy. and the feckless Labour Party.