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June 29, 2023 20 mins

The world-premiere audio of the Lincoln chapter, with all the evidence of Abraham Lincoln loving another man, from Lee Wind’s award-winning nonfiction book NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? Hidden Lives and Secret Loves.

Content Advisory:

NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY is intended for listeners (and readers) ages 11 and up.

Additional Links:

Download the evidence that Abraham Lincoln was in love with another man: the Lincoln Chapter of NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY at https://www.leewind.org/

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Sources for this chapter:

Lots! Please download the free PDF of this Lincoln chapter, with all the endnotes, at https://www.leewind.org/

Credits:

This Lincoln Chapter from NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? was written and narrated by me, Lee Wind, with Primary Source material performed by:

Bill Osman as President Abraham Lincoln,

Billy Minshall as General William T. Sherman,

Kliff Svatos as Joshua Fry Speed,

Joe Mollica as President James Buchanan, and

Katie Burns as the Reverend Cindi Love.

Text excerpts from No Way, They Were Gay? (c) 2021 used with permission of Zest Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

You can contact Lee at leewind@roadrunner.com

The podcast theme music is by Doug Pettibone.

Our creative consultant is Matthew Winner.

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