ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Great Emancipator

This series of vignettes from Lincoln's life, as the series states, deals with his childhood in the main but does end a day or two before his assassination. Each of the vignettes could almost stand by itself, and the entire work has the quality of a hagiography. Lloyd James has a soft, resonant baritone that is easily understandable. Using the same basic voice for narrative as well as dialogue, his understated reading changes inflection skillfully to distinguish characters. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 02]