![]() The distinguished historian David Herbert Donald has produced by far the finest single volume on Lincoln’s life yetattempted, a work that is a monumental achievement in scholarship.ĭonald’s Lincoln will undoubtedly displace popular Lincoln biographies by Benjamin P. The latest effort is definitelysuccessful. Of course, ever since then, biographers have tried diligently to prove their subject wrong. When approached for information about his life, Abraham Lincoln warned a would-be biographer to look up Thomas Gray’sElegy Written in a Country Churchyard (“The short and simple annals of the poor”), claiming playfully, “That’s my life, andthat’s all you or any one else can make of it.” Book Review: Lincoln (David Herbert Donald) : CWT Close ![]()
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