What Lincoln book is most meaningful to you?
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1lincolnian
Douglas L. Wilson's Honor's Voice staggered me. Honor's Voice illuminated much about Lincoln's early life and, better yet, not only answered some questions I had but raised others and inspired me to look for their answers.
2Schneider
Hey lincolnian,
Great to have you join us. It has been a little thin around here participation wise. But I am never afraid to speak about my one of my favorite individuals/topics.
I think the most meaningful title that I have encountered so far would have to be Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography. This was the title that started the obsession. I read it when I was younger. It was the first Lincoln book that exposed me to more than just anecdotes of the man. The photos played a large role as well. They showed me that he was real and not just stories. They were the proof in the pudding so to speak. I have read and reread this many times throughout the years and it always seems to jump start my OCD all over again.
Though I really have really enjoyed reading Honor's Voice, Lincoln's Sword, and Team of Rivals as well.
I have started Burlingame's Abraham Lincoln: A Life, which is really written quite well and whose research is unmatched, but I will reserve judgment on it until I finish (which might take a while).
Again welcome aboard!
Great to have you join us. It has been a little thin around here participation wise. But I am never afraid to speak about my one of my favorite individuals/topics.
I think the most meaningful title that I have encountered so far would have to be Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography. This was the title that started the obsession. I read it when I was younger. It was the first Lincoln book that exposed me to more than just anecdotes of the man. The photos played a large role as well. They showed me that he was real and not just stories. They were the proof in the pudding so to speak. I have read and reread this many times throughout the years and it always seems to jump start my OCD all over again.
Though I really have really enjoyed reading Honor's Voice, Lincoln's Sword, and Team of Rivals as well.
I have started Burlingame's Abraham Lincoln: A Life, which is really written quite well and whose research is unmatched, but I will reserve judgment on it until I finish (which might take a while).
Again welcome aboard!
3lincolnian
Yes, Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography is a beautiful book. I especially enjoyed photos relating to the pre-presidential years. Wasn't there one of his young friends playing a card game? Astonishing. Lincoln's Sword is a fine, fine work, but micro-studies of rhetoric are not my favorite. Burlingame, like Wilson, is unsurpassed.
I'm probably one of the few Lincoln fans who hasn't read Team of Rivals, so I can't comment directly on it. But I can say that Lincoln gathered them all together as a necessity of holding the Republican party together, not as some executive management tool. He spent a lot of time smoothing his cabinet members' fussing and keeping them on track toward the big goal of winning the war.
I'm probably one of the few Lincoln fans who hasn't read Team of Rivals, so I can't comment directly on it. But I can say that Lincoln gathered them all together as a necessity of holding the Republican party together, not as some executive management tool. He spent a lot of time smoothing his cabinet members' fussing and keeping them on track toward the big goal of winning the war.
4estamm
I've read maybe a hundred Lincoln books, but Honor's Voice is my all-time favorite by a mile.
5usnmm2
The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President by Julie M. Fenster
6ncunionist
I give a nod to the only one that deals with Lincoln's war-time Reconstruction strategy: William Harris' "With Charity For All." Holzer's Lincoln at Cooper Union is a good read. Miller's Lincoln's Virtues is a great fresh perspective.
