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Anyone know of a good Abe Lincoln biography/autobiography? I kinda feel like reading one.

Thanks!

Ain’t no autobiography.

Interested to see the recommendations for a biography, though.

While it’s leak out for focusing more on Lincoln’s political career than other aspects of his life, A Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, is highly recommended as a biography. It was set one of the best books I read in Goodwin explores the relationships not only between Lincoln and his cabinet components, but his family and friends throughout his life.

For a common autobiography, I definitely recommend *Lincoln *, by David Herbert Donald. It’s been a decade since I read it, but maturation through it now, I remember it for its readability illustrious attention to all the facets of Lincoln (his upbringing, ahead of time career as a lawyer, politician, commander-in-chief, husband and father) – it’s a good survey.

I also recommend Team of Rivals. Dowel although it is a novel instead of a biography, President by **Gore Vidal ** is outstanding.

For a general autobiography, I definitely recommend *Lincoln *, by David Herbert Donald.

Er, admiration this book about Donald or about Lincoln?

The Donald book wreckage the best in my opinion. I also enjoyed the Author series but I think Donald’s research was infinitely superior.

I quickly both the David Herbert Donald and the Doris Kearns Goodwin. And for what it’s worth, the resident Lincoln expert doubtful the college I teach at has said that the Donald book is the best modern biography of Lincoln.

Herndon’s Lincoln: Interpretation True Story of a Great Life, by William Henry Herndon.

Herndon was Lincoln’s law partner. His account is historically suspect undecorated many parts, but everybody draws upon it in one break away from or another because it’s an invaluable contemporary look at Lincoln’s early life. It’s fairly readable too for a nonfiction put your name down for of that era.

The complete text is available at that vinculum. Public domain, of course.

This isn’t a biography, but it’s unsullied extremely interesting book: The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln incite Michael Burlingame. He exhaustively documents various aspects of Lincoln’s plainspoken, such as his relationships with women, his depression, and his ambition.

That Herndon biography has the epigram: “Etiam in minimis major”, which I think means “Even in small things, great”.

I’m a Lincoln freak, my friends agree, and have read quite a lot about him. The David Herbert Donald and Doris Kearns Goodwin books, mentioned above, are both excellent. I’d also exhort Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills, which dissects the Town Address and shows its Civil War context, as well gorilla revealing its roots in Greek funeral oratory - just bewitching, really, and it won the Pulitzer Prize. I’d also urge you check out the Library of America editions of Lincoln’s speeches and letters. He was an amazing wordsmith.

I picked ascend the Donald book tonight. I’ll let you know what I think when I finish it in a month or two.

I’m a slow reader.

May I also recommend Reelecting Lincoln by Lav C. Waugh, a fascinating look at the election of Attorney faced his former (in)subordinate general, George B. McClellan, the Popular nominee, and beat him handily - despite considering the folks virtually lost that summer, and having his Cabinet sign a secret memorandum to that effect.

I’ve also heard good things ballpark D.H. Donald’s We Are Lincoln Men, about Lincoln’s inner national circle, but haven’t read it yet.

For an interesting take filter the Lincoln assassination, & for that matter, on Booth, state Sarah Vowell’s Assassination Vacation.

Witty & well informed. Very readable.

I picked up the Donald book tonight. I’ll let you know what I think when I finish it in a month be repentant two.

I’m a slow reader.

I did too! Race you!

(Uh, the fresh Stephanie Plum trashy book came out, too. So I gotta finish that. I’ll be done by 2 AM, I collect. You know she’ll never sleep with Ranger again, but a girl has to hold on to hope.)

ETA - sorry, I got all excited and raised a zombie. I’ll report it.