Good Lincoln Biography?

[Surfah]

Going to the Smithsonian today made me want to pick up a good Lincoln bio. Browsing Amazon, there are a ton, good authors and good reviews. I'll welcome any recommendations here.

Is Donald's Lincoln the best place to start?

[LA Ute]

Going to the Smithsonian today maybe want to pick up a good Lincoln bio. Browsing Amazon, there are a ton, good authors and good reviews. I'll welcome any recommendations here.

Is Donald's Lincoln the best place to start?

I've been eager to get this one by Ronald White , dropping hints to my wife, etc., but no luck yet. It looks great, and is getting terrific reviews.

Donald's Lincoln bio has won a couple of Pulitzers, and you can get the paperback for $10 les than White's new one.

[SeattleUte]

I've been eager to get this one by Ronald White , dropping hints to my wife, etc., but no luck yet. It looks great, and is getting terrific reviews.

Donald's Lincoln bio has won a couple of Pulitzers, and you can get the paperback for $10 les than White's new one.

I read the David Herbert Donald one. It was great. My favorite book that stars Lincoln, though, is Battle Cry of Freedom.

[Surfah]

I read the David Herbert Donald one. It was great. My favorite book that stars Lincoln, though, is Battle Cry of Freedom.

McPherson has a short bio on Lincoln as well. I thought of picking it up, but it's just under 100 pages. I wonder if it's worth the price.

[SeattleUte]

McPherson has a short bio on Lincoln as well. I thought of picking it up, but it's just under 100 pages. I wonder if it's worth the price.

I'm sure it is. Try a used book store.

[LA Ute]

I read the David Herbert Donald one. It was great. My favorite book that stars Lincoln, though, is Battle Cry of Freedom.

The Civil War is endlessly fascinating to me.

[JohnnyLingo]

I've been eager to get this one by Ronald White , dropping hints to my wife, etc., but no luck yet. It looks great, and is getting terrific reviews.

I read the White one in 11th grade. Interesting and full of great insight, but probably a bit too long and tedious for a 16-year-old. I

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I had just started Team of Rivals, 2 days before I left for Washington and had hoped to read it. Of course I forgot it. I was about 75-100 pages in and was enjoying it very much.

[Flattop]

The Civil War is endlessly fascinating to me.

I used to be very interested in the Civil War, until I made the mistake of talking to Southern partisans about it.

[LA Ute]

I used to be very interested in the Civil War, until I made the mistake of talking to Southern partisans about it.

Oh, you must be referring to the War of Northern Aggression. Or in the more moderate parlance, the War Between the States. But never the Civil War.

[Non Sequitur]

Though it's historical fiction rather than biography, Gore Vidal's Lincoln is a great read.

[Flattop]

Oh, you must be referring to the War of Northern Aggression. Or in the more moderate parlance, the War Between the States. But never the Civil War.

Yes, the South was right, Lincoln was a murderer and Sherman was a war criminal.

[LA Ute]

Yes, the South was right, Lincoln was a murderer and Sherman was a war criminal.

You are waving a red flag in front of wuap.

[Surfah]

Yes, the South was right, Lincoln was a murderer and Sherman was a war criminal.

We celebrate Robert E. Lee Day here in Virginia as well.

[LA Ute]

We celebrate Robert E. Lee Day here in Virginia as well.

I like to think that if Lincoln had survived to oversee Reconstruction, celebrations like that would still be held in the South but there would not be the bitterness that sometimes surrounds them now.