Comments on: I like tall skinny eloquent Presidents from Illinois. http://americainshort.com/2009/01/22/i-like-tall-skinny-eloquent-presidents-from-illinois/ this is my america. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lincoln S. http://americainshort.com/2009/01/22/i-like-tall-skinny-eloquent-presidents-from-illinois/#comment-1649 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:54:37 +0000 http://americainshort.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-1649 Such a poignant article…

What really helps me get through tough times, when thinking of presidents in the news and biology, is to focus on a nice drawing of Abe Lincoln on the can reading the paper. It’s very uplifting.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year and a Joyous Kwanzaa!

]]> By: Peter http://americainshort.com/2009/01/22/i-like-tall-skinny-eloquent-presidents-from-illinois/#comment-1645 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:30:37 +0000 http://americainshort.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-1645 That doesn’t mean that Lincoln did not tell such a story. Good story-tellers often fabricate—they are not historians—and, sometimes, “artistic truth” can be more effective than the nit-picking facts summoned up by plodders.

]]> By: Chris O'Loughlin http://americainshort.com/2009/01/22/i-like-tall-skinny-eloquent-presidents-from-illinois/#comment-1632 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:08:17 +0000 http://americainshort.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-1632 Eh Jeff Lee, nobody likes a know it all number one, and number two: “Who ever let the truth ruin a good story?” Apparently you.

]]> By: tom http://americainshort.com/2009/01/22/i-like-tall-skinny-eloquent-presidents-from-illinois/#comment-1617 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:31:02 +0000 http://americainshort.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-1617 Well, it’s a good story even if it’s apocryphal. That a story ends up to be true helps it out, but it is really secondary. A good storyteller will say “Legend has it that…”

]]> By: Jeff Lee http://americainshort.com/2009/01/22/i-like-tall-skinny-eloquent-presidents-from-illinois/#comment-11 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:00:42 +0000 http://americainshort.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-11 Tim- We had our book club meeting last night and
discussed “Team of Rivals”…I brought up that
very anecdote, since I know a lot about Ethan Allen
and in fact wrote a screenplay about him. It’s a
great story and in character with the Great Horned
Devil of the Grants, but it’s probably bogus. Allen
never went to England after the War. He was in
England as a prisoner during the War, but never
mentions such an incident in his memoir. It could
have happened during his imprisonment, but since
Washington was pretty much victoryless general
at that time, it is unlikely.

]]> By: ellen http://americainshort.com/2009/01/22/i-like-tall-skinny-eloquent-presidents-from-illinois/#comment-7 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:57:06 +0000 http://americainshort.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-7 DKG…i want to BE her.

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