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The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln
by
C.A. Tripp
The late C. A. Tripp, a highly regarded sex researcher and colleague of Alfred Kinsey, and author of the runaway bestseller "The Homosexual Matrix," devoted the last ten years of his life to an exhaustive study of Abraham Lincoln's writings and of scholarship about Lincoln, in search of hidden keys to his character. In "The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln," completed jus...more
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published
January 4th 2005
by Free Press
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Here's a book that provokes more rebuttals than reviews. Every critic breaks out the textbooks to dispute, distort, and dismiss the evidence. Only The Advocate comes out with unabashed praise. Otherwise, the critical consensus is that the late Tripp, a former therapist, psychologist, Kinsey associate, and author of The Homosexual Matrix (1975), twists well-known evidence with an eye on an agenda rather than historical accuracy. More importantly, he doesn't attempt to answer the trickier question
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It is very hard for me to approach this objectively, the author is writing from the perspective of a sociologist/sexologist and I am reading from the perspective of a historian, so bear with me. Basically this book is meant to have shock appeal: One of the greatest American Presidents is gay! Ooo, Aaahh! Everything you think you know is a lie, etc. My critiques come not from Tripp is arguing, but for the way he uses the evidence (although he did pass away before completely editing). *Spoiler Ale...more
We are a society which enjoys gossip, “juicy”, naughty events, and at times: slander. Why else would those steamy tabloids make so much money? I expected a sharp yet well-researched expose regarding Lincoln and rumors of his supposed homo/bi-sexuality. Sadly, that was not the case.
Immediately, my face creased into a worried scowl as the book began with a long and harrowing introduction and equally unbearable prologue. I suggest skipping this as it almost caused me to quit prematurely. The first...more
Immediately, my face creased into a worried scowl as the book began with a long and harrowing introduction and equally unbearable prologue. I suggest skipping this as it almost caused me to quit prematurely. The first...more
Really interesting biography. I'm not sure I was that convinced by all his evidence (Lincoln was tall! Tall men hit puberty early! Men who hit puberty early are gay! QED! -- Uh, no.), but I'm delighted this book was written and published.
This was an incredible book! The author analyzes Lincoln's sexuality through his relationships with close friends and others' observations (basically through their letters). Very fun read.
I could not get into this book written by Kinsey's assistant.
Was Lincoln Gay? I did not draw that conclusion from this book. Did he have some homosexual experiences? Maybe he did. According to this book he did. I wish there was more evidence out there. It does make one say Hmmmmm.
Was Mary Lincoln a self serving not nice person who happened to be a compulsive shopper? Maybe. I would like to read more about her.
This book was interesting and worth reading even though the author died before completing it and it ended on a big huge tangent.
Was Mary Lincoln a self serving not nice person who happened to be a compulsive shopper? Maybe. I would like to read more about her.
This book was interesting and worth reading even though the author died before completing it and it ended on a big huge tangent.
I have been fascinated with Abraham Lincoln since I was a kid (I have no idea why either) and read a lot about him in the past. This was pretty good, and would be even if you don't really know that much about him, but it does tend to get dry quickly. Half of the thickness is the book, the other half is composed of the letters to and from Joshua Fry Speed, Lincoln's lover; a rebuttal, and some of Lincoln's letters.
wasn't convinced.author didn't really have sufficient evidence to claim that Lincoln was gay. There were enough questionable things to question, but not enough for much else.
I wish I had time to read this entire book. It's dense, but fascinating. I read bits and pieces. One day when I have more time I'm going to read the entire thing!
There is a lot of circumstantial evidence that Lincoln may have been gay, and Mary Todd was an evil cow. That really about sums it up.
was abe gay?
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