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What are the notes that say Leech, op Cit. mean? Are these different characters saying different things? do they take quotes out of other books? Also how do you know who is speaking ?
Ellen Janerico I looked up some of these references in the LOC catalog and found quite a few. I think some that I did not find are from unpublished memoirs and lette…moreI looked up some of these references in the LOC catalog and found quite a few. I think some that I did not find are from unpublished memoirs and letters. Some may be the author's inventions. I was impressed with the research. He uses quotes from many different sources (or voices) to tell Willie's and Lincoln's parts of the story. Finding and selecting them must have been a challenge.(less)
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Lincoln in the Bardo
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