This description may be from another edition of this product. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincolns gradual ascent from. A biography of Abraham Lincoln which draws together all the strands of his life, and includes much new material. A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln's life and presidency. 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.ĭavid Herbert Donald is the author of 'Lincoln, ' which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize and was on the 'New York Times' bestseller list for fourteen weeks, and of 'Lincoln at Home.' He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, for 'Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War, ' and for 'Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe.' He is the Charles Warren Professor of American History and of American Civilization Emeritus at Harvard University and resides in Lincoln, Massachusetts. David Herbert Donalds Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincolns life and presidency. 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.

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