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Inspired by his late friend Eudora Welty’s anthology The Norton Book of Friendship, Donald brings psychological and philosophical literature on friendship together with primary sources culled over his prolific career as a Lincoln scholar...
Questions the book explores include why didn’t Lincoln have any close childhood friends? Was he engaged in a homoerotic relationship with confidante Joshua Fry Speed? Did Lincoln take advantage of his friendship with Secretary of State William H. Seward to control foreign policy himself...
With the exception of the literature on friendship, Donald relied exclusively on primary source material, much of which he drew from his extensive personal files. He therefore chose to profile only those of Lincoln’s friends who kept some kind of written record of their interactions with Lincoln. Ulysses S. Grant apparently considered himself a Lincoln man, but no record of his correspondence with Lincoln exists...
Donald says he hopes We Are Lincoln Men will prompt his readers to be more self-reflective. “We can better define ourselves in learning what other people do or don’t do,” he says. “Friendship was a problem for Lincoln; maybe it’s a problem in my own life.” In fact, Donald says that he identifies with Lincoln because, like Lincoln, he lacked close childhood friendships...
...Jack’s is about getting laid as much as possible before marriage shuts him down. Despite their somewhat incredible friendship—they have completely opposing interests, outlooks and goals—the acting is exceptional and Giamatti and Church exude a chemistry that makes their friendship believable and oddly charming. But sadly, the movie is ultimately worthwhile only for its fine performances. Sideways’s structure is painfully episodic, never allowing audiences to become fully engrossed in its obnoxious characters...