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A review by kingkrazy
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
4.0
If your looking for a complete history of Honest Abe look no fletcher.
But be ready. This is a beast.
I’ll preface this by saying I read this through audible and maybe 1/2 of the star I didn’t give was for the narration. Nothing against the reader but it was exceptionally slow. I don’t usually like increasing the speed of the book while I listen as I want to not miss anything. But the pace it was going when I started was too much. I listened to this at 1.6 speed through most of the book and 1.2 for the final chapter. I felt I still captured everything the author was trying to put out there.
The other half of the star ( giving the book a 4 out of 5) was for content I felt weren’t needed. But that’s just personal preference. There are a lot of accounts of Lincoln’s trial lawyer days a d specifics into various cases. Again, all part of his life but something that didn’t really engage me.
Overall, I do t feel the need to read another book on Lincoln as this title fully encompasses his life from birth to death. Great book and well worth the read.
But be ready. This is a beast.
I’ll preface this by saying I read this through audible and maybe 1/2 of the star I didn’t give was for the narration. Nothing against the reader but it was exceptionally slow. I don’t usually like increasing the speed of the book while I listen as I want to not miss anything. But the pace it was going when I started was too much. I listened to this at 1.6 speed through most of the book and 1.2 for the final chapter. I felt I still captured everything the author was trying to put out there.
The other half of the star ( giving the book a 4 out of 5) was for content I felt weren’t needed. But that’s just personal preference. There are a lot of accounts of Lincoln’s trial lawyer days a d specifics into various cases. Again, all part of his life but something that didn’t really engage me.
Overall, I do t feel the need to read another book on Lincoln as this title fully encompasses his life from birth to death. Great book and well worth the read.