Quote by: David Herbert Donald

The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that.


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Author Bio


  • NameDavid Herbert Donald
  • Descriptionhistorian of the American Civil War
  • BornOctober 1, 1920
  • DiedMay 17, 2009
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHistorian Of Modern Age; Historian
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Lincoln Prize; Pulitzer Prize For Biography Or Autobiography