Thread: Looking for a good Abraham Lincoln Biography
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Old 12-19-2010, 12:37 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Bro Pete View Post
Does any one know of a good biography on Abraham Lincoln. I am looking for something more than the Civil War and military history. Any recommendations?
AL's presidency was durning the Civil War; no biography will fail to discuss the war, at least from a political viewpoint.

That said, I can recommend "Abraham Lincoln" by George McGovern (http://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincol.../dp/0805083456). Its a relatively thin volume, as AL biographies go, but is very well written. It centers on those events and experiences that formed his ethics and lead him to steer nature of the War into the moral crusade that it became.
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