David Herbert Donald (October 1, 1920 – May 17, 2009) was an American historian, best known for his acclaimed 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. Read full biography of David Herbert Donald →
In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious... →
The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than... →
If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.
The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to... →
And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a... →
I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed.
I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.
Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.
At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military expertise... →
But having said all of that, that still doesn't account for a lot of the increase in popularity which stems, I think, from Lincoln's personal... →
But I have tried to go over it very carefully, not merely what the evidence is, but with psychoanalysts and psychologists, and I think we're just... →
I think, with the gay liberation movement has had need for heroes and heroines, and it would be rather nice to have Abraham Lincoln as your poster... →
I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was going on around him. I felt the... →
David Herbert Donald (October 1, 1920 – May 17, 2009) was an American historian, best known for his acclaimed 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln.