In honor of Lincoln's birthday today, I'm posting the list of selected biographies I mentioned in my last post. I wish I had had a nifty link, but I just couldn't find it on the Web, so had to resort to typing.
Abraham Lincoln: Selected Biographies
Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (3 vols.), c. 1889.
William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik (Herndon was Lincoln's last law partner in Springfield, IL)
The Life of Abraham Lincoln (2 vols.), c. 1900.
Ida M. Tarbell (her two brothers knew Lincoln)
Lincoln the President: Springfield to Gettysburg (2 vols.), 1945.
Lincoln the President: Midstream, c. 1952.
Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure, c. 1955.
James G. Randall
Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, c. 1952.
Benjamin Thomas
With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln, c. 1977.
Stephen B. Oates
Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America, c. 1995.
Mark E. Neely, Jr.
Lincoln, c. 1995.
David Herbert Donald
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, c. 1999.
Allen C. Guelzo
Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography, c. 2002.
William E. Gienapp
Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power, c. 2004.
Richard Carwardine
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