Lincoln

A magnificent portrayal of Abraham Lincoln's life and administration, Lincoln is a masterwork by Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist David Herbert Donald.

Lincoln's slow rise from modest origins in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois and, ultimately, to the president of a nation split apart by civil war is masterfully portrayed by Donald. Donald goes beyond a simple history to show how Lincoln's character evolved over time and his amazing ability for change. This helps readers understand how a man so untrained and unfit for office could become such a great moral leader. Here was a guy, one of the finest presidents our nation has ever had, who led the nation out of slavery and maintained a broken Union throughout the most turbulent of times.