Young Mr. Lincoln
“Blessed are the merciful, so for they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew 5:7, quoted by Abraham Lincoln in “Young Mr. Lincoln”. One of my favorite films of the past decade is Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg, which I wrote about a few years ago. Spielberg’s film focused on the mechanics of what President Lincoln is most remembered for, the passage of the 13 th Amendment which eliminated slavery in the United States. President Lincoln is one my heroes and I find just about any well written book or film that focuses on him worth spending my time on. However as much as I enjoyed Lincoln, I regretted that it only covered a brief period near the end of Lincoln’s life. Recently I discovered a little gem called Young Mr. Lincoln, directed by John Ford in 1939, starring Henry Fonda. John Ford is probably most known for his Westerns with John Wayne. My Ford education is pretty light as I’ve only seen The Searchers and Mr. Roberts but if I had watched the film without knowing