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...Donald himself admits that this approach to historical biography is necessarily speculative at times. But it is clear that it would be difficult to answer the kinds of questions he asks without focusing on Lincoln’s own psychology and the psychology of interpersonal relationships...
...Donald, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln, describes Lincoln as a solitary figure, “a very lonesome man who had only one very close friend in his lifetime.” But with We Are Lincoln Men Donald thought anew about a controversial set of questions of personal character, romance, and political maneuvering...
...Donald preemptively defended his discussion of hot-button issues against critics who may accuse him of gratuitously sensationalizing his book. He says that no dialogue about Lincoln’s friendships is complete without Joshua Speed, whom Lincoln met in 1837 and with whom he shared everything from burlesque anecdotes to marriage ambitions to the burden of the seceding South...
After consulting with psychologists, scrutinizing the language of correspondence between the co-confidantes, and considering popular attitudes toward homoeroticism in Lincoln’s time and place, Donald concludes that Lincoln and Fry were close friends—and not lovers...
Having written several books on Lincoln alone, Donald says he decided to undertake yet another project on the figure because he wanted a chance to explore Lincoln’s personal side from a personal perspective. “I felt sort of entitled to tell you how I feel about some of this material,” he says...