Lincoln By David Herbert Donald

David Herbert Donald'sLincolnis astunningly original portrait of Lincoln's lifeand presidency. Donald brilliantlydepicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humblebeginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever- expandingpolitical circles in Illinois, and finally to thepresidency of a country divided by civil war.Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating thegradual development of Lincoln's character,chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolutionand growth, thus illustrating what made it possiblefor a man so inexperienced and so unpreparedfor the presidency to become a great moral leader.In the most troubled of times, here was a manwho led the country out of slavery and preserveda shattered Union -- in short, one of the greatestpresidents this country has ever seen.

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Lincoln

By David Herbert Donald

Published by Simon & Schuster, 1996

ISBN 068482535X, 9780684825359

720 pages