"time" magazine addressed the book as part of a cover article by joshua wolf shenk, author of "lincoln's melancholy: how depression challenged a president and fueled his greatness." shenk dismissed tripp's conclusions, saying that arguments for lincoln's homosexuality were "based on a tortured misreading of conventional 19th century sleeping arrangements". but historian michael b. chesson said that tripp's work was significant, commenting that "any open-minded reader who has reached this point may well have a reasonable doubt about the nature of lincoln's sexuality". in contrast, historian and lincoln biographer michael burlingame has said that it is "possible but highly unlikely that abraham lincoln was "predominantly homosexual.""