Lincoln - david herbert donald

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 Lincolns personal papers, archives, and newspaper reports--two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald presents a masterful account of Lincolns rise to the presidency and the political and personal challenges he faced while in office.

A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincolns life and presidency.

Donald brilliantly depicts Lincolns 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 Lincolns 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.