I have enjoyed reading the introduction of the book.  I guess you can say I love to read about history.  My mom and I had a discussion last week about the time period when Lincoln was president, and we questioned what would have happened if he never got shot.  What would it be like today had he lived?  With the question we though about Kennedy and what would it have been like if he lived as well.  What would our government or our life as a country be like?  What would be different?
My second question was if I lived back in this time period, I wonder what I would have done and where I would have lived?  I know how my family came to this country but had I lived during this time I wonder would I have traveled to help with the railroad or would I have moved to Chicago to the booming city?  The bigger question is would I have lived in the north or in the south?  Would I have been fighting for the rights of all men or going against them?  These are questions I will never know the answer to but I could give you an answer as to what I would want to be or do in history, however, I would not be able to answer where we would be if the Lincoln lived.  What would you want to do back in that time?