大卫·赫伯特·唐纳德(David Herbert Donald)是《我们是林肯男人》(We Are Lincoln Men)的作者,该书获得了著名的林肯奖,并在《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上连续14周,林肯在家。他曾两次获得普利策奖,分别是《查尔斯·萨姆纳和内战的到来》,以及《回家看:托马斯·沃尔夫的一生》。他是哈佛大学查尔斯·沃伦美国历史和美国文明荣誉教授,现居马萨诸塞州林肯。
David Herbert Donald's Lincoln is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever- expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln's character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union -- in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen.
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Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. "A grand work--the Lincoln biography for this generation."
Harold Holzer Chicago Tribune "Lincoln immediately takes its place among the best of the genre, and it is unlikely that it will be surpassed in elegance, incisiveness and originality in this century. . . . A book of investigative tenacity, interpretive boldness and almost acrobatic balance."
James M. McPherson The Atlantic Monthly "Eagerly awaited, Lincoln fulfills expectations. Donald writes with lucidity and elegance."
David W. Blight Los Angeles Times "A one-volume study of Lincoln's life that will augment and replace the previous modern standards by Benjamin Thomas (1953) and Stephen Oates (1977). Donald's Lincoln is a scholarly achievement."
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