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...Crimson rounded out the evening with a one-two-three finish in the 100 butterfly and a one-two finish in the 400 individual medley, in which Shevchik took first in 4:02.41 and was followed close behind by senior Donald Blanchard, who went 4:07.45. Kyle Egan fell just short of setting the school 100 fly record, finishing with a time...
Imelda Marcos also returns in Donald's short history. This time, her name is Mary Todd Lincoln, and her obsession with shopping can be directly linked to the death of her son, Tad. Shoes, however, weren't Mary's thing; at one point, she bought 400 pairs of gloves in three months. Donald's history of Mary Lincoln's growing insanity during the White House years is stronger than his history of Lincoln himself, but then again, it's always more fun to read about someone going insane than someone slaving over letters and military decisions...
...Donald does give us some interesting tidbits about Lincoln, such as his virtual anorexia. For lunch, Lincoln often had just an apple and a glass of milk before returning to his desk and lost a good 40 pounds during the first few months...
...just as the details become interesting, especially leading up to the infamous trip to Ford Theater, Donald loses us. He gets caught up attempting to disprove that Lincoln was interested in all things psychic and ghost-related, as is so often rumored. Donald could have a great closing, yet instead, he sounds like he's trying to refute an argument some critic made about his last Lincoln book...
David Herbert Donald...