![]() Donald's life of Lincoln is different and therefore more rewarding it unrolls, as Lincoln's real life did, as a series of abrupt twists and turns, triumphsĪnd setbacks, after any one of which, had he made the wrong choice, he would never have had his chance at greatness. Through his life in search of clues to how he got that way. ![]() But the authors of all but a handful of them began by assuming that he was a Great Man, then dutifully worked their way back No one knows how many books have been written about Lincoln - one prominent collector estimates there have been more than 7,000. ![]() Is so lucid and richly researched, so careful and compelling, that it is hard to imagine a more satisfying life of our most admired and least understood President, at least for the foreseeable future. To belong to him the way Herndon does, of course no biography of the 16th President can ever be definitive each new generation will insist on redefining him, just as all its predecessors have. Now, nearly half a century later, after writing, editing or collaborating on 15 more volumes and winning two Pulitzer Prizes for biography, he has produced a life of Lincoln himself. $35.ĭAVID HERBERT DONALD began his distinguished career in 1948 with "Lincoln's Herndon," a life of Abraham Lincoln's law partner and early biographer, William Herndon, so comprehensive - and so entertaining - that no one has ever bothered ![]() ![]() October 22, 1995, Sunday, Late Edition - Finalīy David Herbert Donald. ![]()
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