“Donald proves himself the superb biographer of Lincoln” - Library Journal “A grand work-the Lincoln biography for this generation.” - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Donald’s Lincoln is so lucid and richly researched, so careful and compelling, that it is hard to imagine a more satisfying life of our most admired and least understood president.” - New York Times Book Review “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.” Donald writes with lucidity and elegance.” - James M. “Eagerly awaited, Lincoln fulfills expectations. Do not be discouraged by the length of this book.

After almost 600 pages of closely analyzing Lincoln's life, Donald gracefully and humbly presents Lincoln to us to judge him for ourselves by closing the book with a narrative of Lincoln's last day. I thought Donald was particularly successful at showing Lincoln's transformation from an inexperienced executive to a confident and savvy leader who still retained his folksy charm. It is a long but engaging read as Donald traces Lincoln's life from childhood through his rise as a lawyer and leader in the Illinois Republican party to his election as president and assassination. 'An excellent biography that relies as much as possible in Lincoln's own words. Makes the decisions that preserved the Union and shaped modern America. Was both a master of ambiguity and expediency and a great moral leader, as he Political biography, Lincoln seats us behind the desk of a president who He also depicts a man who wasīasically passive by nature yet ambitious enough to take enormous risks and Growth enabled one of the least experienced men ever elected to high office toīecome a giant in the annals of American politics. He reveals the development of theįuture president’s character and shows how Lincoln’s enormous capacity for Origins to the pinnacle of the presidency.

Soaring rhetoric gave meaning to that agonizing struggle for nationhood andĭonald spent fifty years studying Lincoln, tracing his rise from humble Political acumen steered the Union to victory in the Civil War and of how his History and biography-a masterly account of how one man’s extraordinary

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