February 18, 2000

Not-So-Civil War Among Lincoln Scholars Includes Accusation of Plagiarism

Michael Burlingame has a problem with plagiarism. It seems as if every time he opens a new book on his specialty, he sniffs the stink of copier ink -- ironic, given that his scholarship focuses on the president known as "Honest Abe."

It's not hard to get into the Lincoln racket, he says, as long as you've got a photocopier and a scanner.

Mr. Burlingame, a historian at Connecticut College, has charged several Lincoln scholars with plagiarism in the past,

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