Edmund Wilson, Patriotic gore (1962), p. 115
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The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg.
— Edmund Wilson on Abraham Lincoln
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About Edmund Wilson
Edmund Wilson (8 May 1895 – 12 June 1972) was an American writer and literary critic.
About Edmund Wilson
Edmund Wilson (8 May 1895 – 12 June 1972) was an American writer and literary critic.
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