✭✭✭✭✭ LINCOLN'S MURDER TRIALS by R. Bull
George R. Dekle, Sr. relates all the stories about Lincoln's murder trials with the understanding of a seasoned attorney. HIs thirty years as an assistant state attorney of the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida gives him experience few can match. His research is thorough and his writing skills are top notch. He gives the reader the background quarrels that ended in tragedy and as much of the course of the trails as it is possible to know. An excellent book.
✭✭✭✭✭ I'VE READ A COUPLE OF HUNDRED LINCOLN BOOKS, AND THIS ... by Old Fart
I've read a couple hundred Lincoln books, and this one deserves a space on the bookshelf of every Lincoln scholar. It is well written enough to be of interest to the casual history reader and detailed and documented for those of us who want the citations. Most refreshing is the range of views of the skills of Lincoln as a lawyer, from mediocre to hagiography, and the integration of Lincoln's law practice, especially capital cases, in his political development.
