Finally!

      Ken gave me the book when I visited over Labor Day weekend. Here it is November 10, both the Marinc Corps and Martin Luther's birthdays, yes, Ed and talked this morning, and I finally finished And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, Jon Meacham. It's a New York Times bestseller copyrighted 2022. 

    Meacham argues, convincingly, that Lincoln was always anti-slavery. Though Lincoln was a man of his times and did not always think that Africans were equal to whites. But he recognized their full humanity and thought that they should be treated justly. Meacham bolsters his argument with 150 pages of source notes. In his writing Lincoln the man, leaders and visionary is seen in all his complexities. The writing is lucid and engaging. 

    With the current issue of white supremacy very much alive the book elucidates the history of such racism in America. Only now are statues of  Confederate leaders coming down and military bases stripped of names from Confederate officers. The South certainly won the peace after losing the war.

     Yes, I recommend this book wishing for it a wide audience.  

Takk for alt,

Al