Lincoln's Herndon: A Biography

by David Herbert Donald

Book Overview

Occasionally a book that begins as a work of scholarship becomes a great and profoundly moving human document. This life of Lincoln's friend, law partner, and biographer is such a book. It has a two-fold focus: on the "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" days-the days of Lincoln's courting, arguing, and politicking; and on Herndon's long and wracking fight to publish his biography in the face of poverty, drive, and disillusionment, it achieves the impetus and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306803534
• ISBN13: 9780306803536
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"