Lincoln

Donald, David Herbert

ISBN 10: 0743550072 ISBN 13: 9780743550079

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2005

Synopsis

Draws extensively on Lincoln's personal papers and legal writings to present a biography of the president.

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Review:

Harold Holzer

Chicago Tribune

""Lincoln immediately takes its place among the best of the genre, and it is unlikely that it will be surpassed in elegance, incisiveness and originality in this century. . . . A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance."

James M. McPherson

The Atlantic Monthly

"Eagerly awaited, "Lincoln" fulfills expectations. Donald writes with lucidity and elegance."

David W. Blight

Los Angeles Times

"A one-volume study of Lincoln's life that will augment and replace the previous modern standards by Benjamin Thomas (1953) and Stephen Oates (1977). Donald's "Lincoln" is a scholarly achievement."

Harold Holzer

Chicago Tribune

""Lincoln" immediately takes its place among the best of the genre, and it is unlikely that it will be surpassed in elegance, incisiveness and originality in this century. . . . A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance."

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

"A grand work--the Lincoln biography for this generation."

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr."A grand work--the Lincoln biography for this generation."

James M. McPhersonThe Atlantic Monthly"Eagerly awaited, "Lincoln" fulfills expectations. Donald writes with lucidity and elegance."

David W. BlightLos Angeles Times"A one-volume study of Lincoln's life that will augment and replace the previous modern standards by Benjamin Thomas (1953) and Stephen Oates (1977). Donald's "Lincoln" is a scholarly achievement."

Harold HolzerChicago Tribune""Lincoln" immediately takes its place among the best of the genre, and it is unlikely that it will be surpassed in elegance, incisiveness and originality in this century. . . . A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance."

Harold Holzer Chicago Tribune ""Lincoln" immediately takes its place among the best of the genre, and it is unlikely that it will be surpassed in elegance, incisiveness and originality in this century. . . . A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance."

About the Author:

David Herbert Donald is the Charles Warren Professor Emeritus of American History and American Civilization at Harvard University. The author of Lincoln's Herndon, Lincoln Reconsidered, and The Civil War and Reconstruction, he has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for biography: in 1961 for Charles Summer and the Coming of the Civil War, and in 1988 for Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe. He lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743550072
• ISBN 13: 9780743550079
• Binding: Audio CD