Lincoln

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 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. 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.

• Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
• A. Lincoln: A Biography
• Washington: A Life
• Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
• Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
• Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
• The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)
• John Adams
• Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President
• His Excellency: George Washington