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[edit]On April 26 at 23:47 I replaced a sentence that cites sfn|Dirck|2009|p=382. The problem is that no book by Dirck is listed in the articles "Sources." Dirck published a book -- Lincoln the Lawyer -- in 2009, but it has far less than 382 pages, and searching for the quote at Google Books didn't help. Maurice Magnus (talk) 00:07, 27 April 2025 (UTC).
- sfn|Dirck|2009|p=382 =Dirck, Brian (September 2009). "Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery, and: Act of Justice: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War, and: Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment (review)". Civil War History. 55 (3): 382–385. doi:10.1353/cwh.0.0090. S2CID 143986160.Moxy🍁 00
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Thanks, but my edit was reverted on the grounds that a book review is not an adequate source. Huh? Maurice Magnus (talk) 01:00, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Reviews are sometimes tricky if it's a scholarly debate happening in real time. ..... Best would be to find a source that discusses the scholarly debate......as in Dirck says so and so and DiLorenzo says so and so. I assume you're referring to the quote? Full quote = "Few Civil War scholars take Bennett or DiLorenzo seriously, pointing to their narrow political agendas and faulty research. But their arguments do seem to have made inroads into the general public. While Lincoln's good standing among most Americans as a defender of racial equality and freedom remains intact, it would be fair to suggest that, in some quarters at least, his reputation on that score is ambivalent - more so perhaps than at any time since his death" Moxy🍁 01:13, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
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