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philipf's review
4.0
I've been meaning to re-read this for years, ever since a comic blog (Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin) mentioned that the rhetoric coming from the fake Abraham Lincoln sounded a lot like the rhetoric coming from the then-current Bush White House (I said I've been meaning to re-read this for years). He was absolutely right. This book's message about the dangers of letting symbols become more important than the things they symbolize is an important lesson, and one that we may have forgotten.
I didn't care much for this book when I first read back in 1998, but recent history has caused me to re-evaluate my opinion of it. I like it a lot better now.
I didn't care much for this book when I first read back in 1998, but recent history has caused me to re-evaluate my opinion of it. I like it a lot better now.
1_and_owenly's review
5.0
People always forget this book, but it is one of my favorites.
I have not read it in years, but it spoke to me at the time. Especially the panel mocking the unspoken idea that black people were just waiting for Lincoln to free them.
I identified with the protagonist, a smart, black teen named Byron and I loved how he both supported and questioned the real Lincoln. He did not let the man off the hook for suspending habeus corpus, or for his views on equality.
I need to find my copy and read it again so that I can give a better review.
I have not read it in years, but it spoke to me at the time. Especially the panel mocking the unspoken idea that black people were just waiting for Lincoln to free them.
I identified with the protagonist, a smart, black teen named Byron and I loved how he both supported and questioned the real Lincoln. He did not let the man off the hook for suspending habeus corpus, or for his views on equality.
I need to find my copy and read it again so that I can give a better review.
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