Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided

Film & History | January 1, 2004| | Copyright

Taking its place among the growing number of documentaries dealing with Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, PBS's Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (a part of its popular American Experience series) appears to have two related goals. First, the film wants to further the effort to humanize Abraham Lincoln, noting that "the man Mary Lincoln knew and loved and mourned has faded into myth." The film's second goal is to then argue that while the Lincolns "reached the White House as partners," personal tragedy and the onset of the Civil War divided the couple (hence the subtitle of ...

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