David Herbert Donald is the author of We Are Lincoln Men, Lincoln, which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize and was on the New York Times bestseller list for fourteen weeks, and 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 Released on: Novem. The distinguished historian David Herbert Donald has produced by far the finest single volume on Lincoln’s life yetattempted, a work that is a monumental achievement in scholarship. Donald’s Lincoln will undoubtedly displace popular Lincoln biographies by Benjamin P. Thomas and Stephen B. Oates as thedefinitive modern www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. · A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency. 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 www.doorway.ru
David Herbert Donald's Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. 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. LINCOLN By David Herbert Donald. Illustrated. pp. New York: Simon Schuster. $ DAVID HERBERT DONALD began his distinguished career in with "Lincoln's Herndon," a life of Abraham. David Herbert Donald of Harvard University does so quite successfully in his biography Lincoln, and the field of Lincoln studies is the better for it. Professor Donald had previously served as editor of a book titled Lincoln Reconsidered - a collection of essays that sought to strip away various layers of Lincoln mythology.
The distinguished historian David Herbert Donald has produced by far the finest single volume on Lincoln’s life yetattempted, a work that is a monumental achievement in scholarship. Donald’s Lincoln will undoubtedly displace popular Lincoln biographies by Benjamin P. Thomas and Stephen B. Oates as thedefinitive modern study. A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency. 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 also served on the editorial board for the Papers of Abraham Lincoln. David H. Donald was the Charles Warren Professor of American History (emeritus from ) at Harvard University. He wrote over thirty books, including well received biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Wolfe and Charles Sumner.
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