Lincoln - by David Herbert Donald (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The phenomenal national bestseller that is "the Lincoln biography for this generation" (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.)--now in paperback. Drawing on resources not available until recently--including Lincoln's personal papers, archives, and newspaper reports--two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald presents a masterful account of Lincoln's rise to the presidency and the political and personal challenges he faced while in office.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald, <i>Lincoln</i> is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln's life and presidency. <p/>Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln's character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union--in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. A grand work--the Lincoln biography for this generation.<br><br>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 <i>Lincoln</i> is a scholarly achievement.<br><br>Harold Holzer Chicago Tribune <i>Lincoln</i> 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.<br><br>James M. McPherson The Atlantic Monthly Eagerly awaited, <i>Lincoln</i> fulfills expectations. Donald writes with lucidity and elegance.<br>
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