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Mark E. Neely, Jr., is a professor ofhistory at St. Louis University. He earned B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties and The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia. He is the coauthor, with Harold Holzer and Gabor S. Boritt, of The Lincoln Image: Abraham Lincoln and the Popular Print. R. Gerald McMurtry spent more than fifty years in the Lincoln field. He headed the Department of Lincolniana at Lincoln Memorial University and was editor ofthe Lincoln Herald from 1937 to 1956. He then became the Director ofthe Lincoln National Life Foundation, now the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum . He is the author or coauthor of numerous monographs on Abraham Lincoln. AMERICAN HI STORY "One of the saddest stories in the Lincoln family saga unfolds in detail for the first time in 'fhe Insanity file- the 1875 jury trial to declare Mary Todd Lincoln insane and the role played in it by Robert Todd Lincoln, her firstborn and only surviving son.'" -Herbert Mitgang, New York Times Book Review "[This book] combines the discipline ofhistorical writing with the forward march ofa detective story. And it is painstakingly fair to both the pathetic Maryand the tortured Robert. Filled with confident insight and careful documentation, this book must already be considered as an essential addition to the Lincoln bookshelf." -Harold Holzer, Chicago Tribune "Neely and McMurtry had to acquaint themselves with the principals in the case, study the judicial procedures and medical practices prevailing in the 1870S, piece together from here and there items of information relating to the trial, and trace historical controversies that have unfolded through the years. Their sensitive and thorough re· search has led them to the conclusion that Mrs. Lincoln was treated fairly, that human considerations and civil justice did not work to Mrs. Lincoln's disadvantage." -Myron A. Marty, 51. Louis Posi-Dispatch ""A fair-minded, comprehensive account based on new documents. Unlike their predecessors , Neely and McMurtry have placed Mary Lincoln's trial within the legal, social, and medical context of the times. So viewed, what happened to Mary Lincoln was governed as much by procedures and collective attitudes as by personal motivations." - Jean Baker, American Historical Review MARK E. NEELY JR., McCabe Greer Professor in the American Civil War Era at the Pennsylvania State University. is the author of 'fhe Boundaries of American Political Culture in the Civil War and the Pulitzer Prize- winning The Fale ofUberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties. R. GERALD M c MURTRY headed the department of Lincolniana at Lincoln Memorial UniverSity in Harrogate, Tennessee, and was the editor of the Uncoln Herald from 1937 to 1956, when he became director of the Lincoln National Life Foundation in Fort Wayne, Indiana. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS 1915 UNIVERSITY PRESS DRIVE MAIL CODE 6806 CARBONDALE, I L 62901 WWW.SIUPRESS.COM PrimO C"""dt'lgnbyM3ry Roh... ISBN 0-8093-1895-4 ISBN 978-0-8°93-1895-7 1 111 1 1111111 11111 1111 111111111 9 780809 31 8957 ...

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