Lincoln [FIRST PAPERBACK EDIITON, FIRST PRINTING] [VINTAGE 1995]

Donald, David Herbert

Published by Jonathan Cape / Simon & Schuster, London, England, 1995

About this Item

As new condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes List of other Books by David Herbert Donald; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Abraham Lincoln to Albert G. Hodges; Preface; Sources and Notes; and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates and black-and-white Abraham Lincoln portrait photographic frontispiece. "The best biography of Abraham Lincoln I have ever read." - Mark E. Neely, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning author. "There are times - though far too few - in the literature of history when an author contains in his person some of the same depth of understanding and sensitivity which defines his subject. Such is the case with David Donald and his Lincoln. The result is a kind of written magic." - Hugh Sidey, Contributing Editor, Time Magazine. "This is a magnificent biography. Lincoln is a vivid portait of the man, the president, and, not least, the politician.The felicitious combination of a significant subject and a skillful biographer has produced a work that Americans will relish." - Jean H. Baker, author. "In his beautiful inimitable prose, Donald has composed a thoroughly new biography of Abraham Lincoln. He has reexplored the major manuscript sources as well as the older and newer published writings on Lincoln.The end result is a genuine masterpiece - easy to read and delightfully informative." - Wayne C. Temple, Chief Deputy Director, Illinois State Archives and author of Abraham Lincoln: From Skeptic to Prophet. "This book will be the definitive study of Lincoln for years to come. Engagingly written and impeccably researched, it captures Lincoln as a lawyer, a politician, a statesman, a commander, a father, a husband, a friend. But perhaps most compellingly, it offers a portrait of leadership with profound relevance for our own troubled time." - Drew Gilpin Faust, author. "A beautifully written work brimming with great understanding and insight. I have always thought that no one had surpassed Benjamin P. Thomas in conveying an intuitive sense of Lincoln - that is until I read David Herbert Donald's Lincoln. It is a crowning achievement of his long and distinguished career." - Thomas F. Schwartz, State Historian for the State of Illinois. "Lincoln reveals Donald's wonderful sense of the dramatic, even in telling a story told many times. It shows a mastery of detail that gives life and subtlety to the larger picture being painted. That subtlety is also present in Donald's depiction of Lincoln as flawed as well as heroic. This is a compelling, complex, elegant book. It will stand, I believe, as the Lincoln biography for years and years to come." - Phillip Shaw Paludan, author of The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. "A richly detailed, absorbing portrait of our 16th president.A magisterial work, destined to assume its place with those of Beveridge, Snadburg, Thomas, and Oates as a standard life of Lincoln." - Kirkus Reviews. Seller Inventory # 008778

Bibliographic Details

Title: Lincoln [FIRST PAPERBACK EDIITON, FIRST ...

Publisher: Jonathan Cape / Simon & Schuster, London, England

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition